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Book review: sharing this walk: an ethnography of prison life and the PCC in Brazil by Karina Biondi

Santos, Eraldo S. (2017) Book review: sharing this walk: an ethnography of prison life and the PCC in Brazil by Karina Biondi. LSE Review of Books (19 Jun 2017). Website.

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Abstract

In Sharing This Walk: An Ethnography of Prison Life and the PCC in Brazil, Karina Biondi offers an ethnographic study of São Paulo’s state prisons, focusing particularly on the prison gang Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC). This elegant and rigorously argued book offers a compelling critique of existing depictions of prison life in Brazil and challenges entrenched understandings of ‘organised crime’, writes Eraldo S. Santos.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information: © 2017 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
J Political Science > JL Political institutions (America except United States)
Date Deposited: 19 Jun 2017 09:32
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 21:04
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/81624

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