"[The Spectacular Favela is] wide-ranging and ethnographic, constructing a patient and insightful portrait." Times Literary Supplement "Accessible and engaging." Survival: Global Politics and Strategy "This academic book reads almost like a novel - gripping its reader's attention with a rich array of characters, experiences, and conversations - as it tells the story of Rocinha favela. Yet it is a far ... Read morecry from a novel. Indeed, the lives it portrays and theoretical dialogue it creates on violence, its spectacle and commodification are of critical importance to further understanding violence in the margins of society, like the favelas of Rio." Environment & Urbanization Show Less