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Stolen Cars
A Journey Through São Paulo's Urban Conflict
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This book is ideal for readers interested in politics, current affairs, urban studies, sociology, and those seeking to understand the complexities of urban inequalities, crime, and transnational networks in Latin America.
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Stolen Cars is an innovative ethnography of urban inequalities and violence in São Paulo, Brazil.
Organised around the journeys of five stolen cars, each chapter discusses a specific theme, such as the distinctions between violent robbery and the more commercial non-violent theft or the role of national borders interconnecting illegal and legal economies.
Provides an original theoretical framework for a rarely studied urban and transnational supply chain.
Draws from empirical data and a combination of different methodologies to demonstrate mechanisms of urban inequalities and violence reproduction.
Highlights how everyday life is entangled with structural urban transformations.
Uses an ethnographic narrative to show how urban development produces various forms of illegality and violent crime.
Series: IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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Stolen Cars
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Praised as "something of an instant classic," Stolen Cars is recognised for its detailed, complex narrative and intellectual energy. Rowland Atkinson from the University of Sheffield highlights how the book moves beyond underworld revelations to illustrate the intricate connections between illicit acts and the broader urban economy, including ties to insurance, finance, auto production, and the drug trade. It is celebrated as a highly innovative and vital contribution to urban theory that addresses themes often absent in the canon.
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ISBN: 9781119686125
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 February 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Contributors:
- Edited by Gabriel Feltran
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 397g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Gabriel Feltran is an urban ethnographer who has studied the ‘world of crime’ in Brazil for more than two decades. He is Professor of Sociology at the Federal University of São Carlos and Senior Researcher at the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). He has held Invited Scholar positions at University of Oxford, UK, and Humboldt University, Germany, and is former Academic Director of the Center for Metropolitan Studies, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Professor Feltran’s works include The Entangled City: Crime as Urban Fabric in São Paulo.
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