Title:
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LIVING IN POVERTY
DEVELOPMENTAL POETICS OF CULTURAL REALITIES |
By: |
Ana Cecilia De Sousa Bastos (Editor), Elaine P. Rabinovich (Editor), Jaan Valsiner |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£65.14 |
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ISBN 10: |
1607523175 |
ISBN 13: |
9781607523178 |
Publisher: |
INFORMATION AGE PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
13 October, 2009 |
Series: |
Advances in Cultural Psychology |
Description: |
Covers the results of investigation of social realities and their public representation in Brazilian poor communities, with an emphasis on the use of cultural tools to survive and create psychological and social novelty under conditions of severe poverty. This book includes other studies conducted in other Brazilian areas and in Cali, Colombia. |
Synopsis: |
This book covers the results of investigation of social realities and their public representation in Brazilian poor communities, with a particular emphasis on the use of cultural tools to survive and create psychological and social novelty under conditions of severe poverty. A relevant part of it brings together the multi-faceted evidence of a decade of research concentrated in two particular low-income areas in the city of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Other studies conducted in other Brazilian areas and in Cali, Colombia are included. In contrast to most representations of poverty in the social sciences which create a 'calamity story' of the lives of poor people, the coverage in this book is meant to balance the focus on harsh realities with the cultural-psychological resiliency of individuals and families under poverty. |
Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
Information Age Publishing |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |