MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 03969cam a2200469 i 4500
001 2014042530
003 DLC
005 20151020081225.0
008 150504s2015 nyuabf b 001 0deng
010 $a 2014042530
020 $a9781476756257 (hardback : alkaline paper)
020 $a9781476756264 (paperback : alkaline paper)
020 $z9781476756271 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $as-bl---
050 00 $aF2646.2$b.B37 2015
082 00 $a981/.53$223
084 $aHIS054000$aHIS033000$aBUS069020$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBarbassa, Juliana.
245 10 $aDancing with the devil in the City of God :$bRio de Janeiro on the brink /$cJuliana Barbassa.
264 1 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2015.
300 $axxiii, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$bcolor illustrations, map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"A Touchstone book."
520 2 $a"In the tradition of Detroit : An American Autopsy and Maximum City comes a deeply reported and beautifully written biography of the seductive and chaotic city of Rio de Janeiro from prizewinning journalist and Brazilian native Juliana Barbassa. Juliana Barbassa moved a great deal throughout her life, but Rio was always home. After twenty-one years abroad, she returned to find the city that once ravaged by inflation, drug wars, corrupt leaders, and dying neighborhoods was now on the precipice of a major change. Rio has always aspired to the pantheon of global capitals, and under the spotlight of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games it seems that its moment has come. But in order to prepare itself for the world stage, Rio must vanquish the entrenched problems that Barbassa recalls from her childhood. Turning this beautiful but deeply flawed place into a predictable, pristine showcase of the best that Brazil has to offer in just a few years is a tall order--and with the whole world watching, the stakes couldn't be higher. With a cast of larger-than-life characters who are driving this fast-moving juggernaut or who risk getting caught in its gears, this kaleidoscopic portrait of Rio introduces the reader to the people who make up this city of extremes, revealing their aspirations and their grit, their violence, their hungers and their splendor, and shedding light on the future of this city they are building together. Dancing with the Devil in the City of God is an insider perspective into a city on the brink from a native daughter whose life, hopes, and fortunes are entwined with those of the city she portrays"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 291-295) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Is God Brazilian? -- Rio, Home -- The Rise of the Red Command -- Whacking the Weeds -- Fear and Heat -- In the Heart of Evil -- Not for Beginners -- It's Complicated, Querida -- Saving Themselves -- Beautiful and Broken -- The First Carioca -- Long Live Construction -- The Business of Sex -- Love is Essential -- Dignified Living Conditions -- We Built This City -- The World Belongs to the Daring -- Futebol Nation -- The Cup of Cups.
651 0 $aRio de Janeiro (Brazil)$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aRio de Janeiro (Brazil)$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aCity and town life$zBrazil$zRio de Janeiro.
650 0 $aSocial change$zBrazil$zRio de Janeiro.
650 0 $aSocial problems$zBrazil$zRio de Janeiro.
651 0 $aRio de Janeiro (Brazil)$xDescription and travel.
600 10 $aBarbassa, Juliana$xTravel$zBrazil$zRio de Janeiro.
650 0 $aEconomic development$zBrazil$zRio de Janeiro.
651 0 $aRio de Janeiro (Brazil)$xEconomic conditions.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Social History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Latin America / South America.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics.$2bisacsh