Gendered urban violence among Brazilians
Painful truths from Rio de Janeiro and London
This book aims to examine the nature of and resistance to gendered urban violence among Brazilian women in London and in the favelas of Maré, Rio de Janeiro. Drawing on the conceptualisation of translocational gendered urban violence framework, it highlights the importance of examining direct forms of gender-based violence across private, public and transnational spheres as interlinked with structural, symbolic and infrastructural violence. The book also explores the embodied and spatialised nature of gendered urban violence, explored through artistic engagements and arts-based methods. In developing a translocational feminist tracing methodological and epistemological approach across the social sciences and the arts, the book argues for the importance of a collaborative approach among academic, civil society organisations, artists and creative researchers with a view to engendering empathetic transformation to address gendered urban violence in the long-term.
Cathy McIlwaine is Professor of Geography at King's College London. Paul Heritage is Professor of Drama and Performance at Queen Mary University of London and Director of People’s Palace Projects. Miriam Krenzinger is a Professor in the School of Social Work at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Moniza Rizzini Ansari is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the School of Global Affairs, King's College London. Eliana Sousa Silva is the Director and Founder of Redes da Maré. Yara Evans is a Research Associate at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London.
