Brown, Lisa Beljuli, <br/><br/>
Body parts on planet slum :  women and telenovelas in Brazil / 
Lisa Beljuli Brown. 
 - 1 online resource (xxv, 156 pages) :  digital, PDF file(s). 
<br/><br/> Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 
<br/><br/>Chapter 1. Theodicy and Ideology: 'Everybody Needs an Ideology to Live' -- Chapter 2. The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth; But in the Meantime They Shall Watch Telenovelas -- Chapter 3. Suffering Soaps; Fragmented Bodies -- Chapter 4. The Politics of the Vagina -- Chapter 5. The Redemptive Womb -- Chapter 6. The Invisible Back. 
<br/><br/> This book focuses on the cultural and gender dimensions of informal survivalism. It provides a fascinating insight into women’s use of soap operas to reconfigure suffering, pleasure, sexuality and embodiment. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780857284464 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poor women--Social conditions.--Brazil<br/>Slums--Brazil.<br/>Television soap operas--Brazil.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1542  / .B76 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.4