Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil

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by Nancy Scheper-Hughes

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Has anyone come across a good reading guide for this ethnography? I am using it in my class and suspect the text is too long (500 pages+) for everyone to read it over Spring break... Any suggestions? Gracias!

David Anderson You might consider using the essay that preceded the book, available online on the net at
http://www3.gettysburg.edu/~dperry/Cl...

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http://www3.gettysburg.edu/~dperry/Cl...

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how does the book illustrate the notion of chain of causes producing a phenomenon?

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