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Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment
João Biehl
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| #362088 in Books | imusti | 2013-10-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.90 x6.00l,1.85 | File type: PDF | 456 pages | University of California Press||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Inhumane!|By c|Disturbing story of a woman who was ill from a genetically "physical" disease where no one wanted to care for her & family abandoned her by way of a politically corrupt healthcare system and many patients were not only abandoned but horribly abused.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Great read|By SKFrom the Inside Flap|
"João Biehl's Vita is a greatly arresting work. The tale of Catarina is one that haunts the reader. This book's central character is sure to become an anthropological classic, her humanity reaffirmed by the author."—
Zones of social abandonment are emerging everywhere in Brazil’s big cities—places like Vita, where the unwanted, the mentally ill, the sick, and the homeless are left to die. This haunting, unforgettable story centers on a young woman named Catarina, increasingly paralyzed and said to be mad, living out her time at Vita. Anthropologist João Biehl leads a detective-like journey to know Catarina; to unravel the cryptic, poetic words that are part of the ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment | João Biehl. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
