Citation

Leverentz A. Contemp. Sociol. 2017; 46(1): 18-22.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American Sociological Association, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0094306116681812

PMID

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Abstract

In Harm's Way is an ethnography of urban marginality and the prevalence and meaning of violence and collective trauma in marginalized communities. It presents a compelling portrait of how chronic violence--of all kinds--shapes the lives of people living in a poor area outside Buenos Aires. By situating the book in a detailed history of the development of their focus community, Javier Auyero and María Fernanda Berti ground their analysis in the social forces that have shaped violence as a response to a wide variety of conflicts and issues. This is both, then, a specific story of the residents of Arquitecto Tucci (a pseudonym) and a general story of urban violence and trauma.

Language: en