Author: Perlman, Janice E.
Title: The Myth of Marginality : Urban Poverty & Politics in Rio de Janeiro
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (1976). orig.boards. 23x15cm, xxi, 341 pp. Textual photos & tables. Slight corner bump, VG. ¶ Contents: The Setting & the People: Cities & Squatters; Two Favelas & a Suburbio; Portrait of the Migrant; The Myths of Marginality: Marginality Theory & the Ideal Type; Social, Cultural, & Economic Marginality; Political Marginality: Participation & Radicalism; The Power of an Ideology: Favela Removal: The Eradication of a Life Style; Marginality & Urban Poverty; Appendix: Research & Methodology.

Keywords: Urban sociology, Rio de Janeiro, Squatter settlement, Marginality, Poverty, Favela, Brazil, South America,