TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Lisa Beljuli TI - Body parts on planet slum: women and telenovelas in Brazil SN - 9780857284464 (ebook) AV - HQ1542 .B76 2011 U1 - 306.4 23 PY - 2011/// CY - London PB - Anthem Press KW - Poor women KW - Brazil KW - Social conditions KW - Slums KW - Television soap operas N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015); 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9780857284464/type/BOOK ER -