Lexington Books
Pages: 236
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Trim: 6½ x 9⅜
978-1-4985-2999-0 • Hardback • July 2017 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
978-1-4985-3000-2 • eBook • July 2017 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
Leonardo Custódiois Brazilian postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) at the University of Tampere, Finland.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. The Scholarly Relevance of Media Activism by Low-Income Youth
Chapter 2. Ethnography as a Local Outsider: Dilemmas and Decisions in the Research Process
Chapter 3. Luta: Everyday Life Struggles in Favelas
Chapter 4. The Meaning of Favela Media Activism
Chapter 5. Favela Media Activism and the Formation of Counterpublics
Chapter 6. The Relationship between NGO Work and Favela Media Activism
Chapter 7. Agency, Structure and Interaction: Elements that Shape Favela Media Activism
Chapter 8. Nuances between Coping and Change: Trajectories to Favela Media Activism
Chapter 9. Research Outcomes: Findings, Lessons and Interdisciplinary Contributions
Afterword
Appendix 1: Details about NGO Staff Interviews
Appendix 2: Details about Interviewees Involved in Media Activism
Bibliography
About the Author
Favela Media Activismis an important contribution to our understanding of activismin Rio and the role of media in it, skilfully covers a number of theoretical literatures, and engages well with the Portuguese language scholarship – which is not always the case in English language books. It is recommended for graduate students of media, activism and civil society, and academics with interests in media activism in Latin America and beyond.
— European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology
This book is a refreshingly original contribution to our understanding of communication for social change. It highlights the complex relationships between context and communication, theory and practice, the challenges faced by favela media activism informed by acute observations of structures, the nature of marginality, the exercise of dominance, and the power and creativity of counterpublics to create communication environments of their choice.
— Pradip Ninan Thomas, University of Queensland
Leonardo Custódio’s Favela Media Activism is an in-depth study of media use, everyday life, and political agency. Custódio’s research embraces the complexities of political action, exploring diverse individual personal histories, mainstream media, on-line and off-line media practices, and media pedagogies. His approach is laudable for the ways it emphasizes the multiplicity and complexity of social processes of change without fragmenting social reality into isolated segments.
— Clemencia Rodríguez, Temple University