Category - Non Fiction / Psychology
Format - Paperback
Condition - Like New
Listed - A month ago
Ships From - Virginia
Est. Publication Date - Oct 2013
Seller Description
An intense look into the lives of Brazilians who have been abandoned by their society because of their mental illnesses. This is an ethnographic account about what happens when the government takes over wellfare and intentionally leaves for dead anyone who is costly.
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Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment
ISBN: 9780520272958
Publisher Description
"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 ...
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