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Hillside Beauties

Julia Kurc director.; Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, production company.

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Hillside Beauties
Author: Julia Kurc director.; Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, production company.
Description: In an environment of violence, marginalization and racial discrimination, such asoen finds in the favela shanty-towns of Rio de Janeiro, many women still manage to create a time and a space to construct their personal identities and a sense of their own beauty. Marcella, Thuany and Nagila are three young girls who deal with the difficulties of their social reality in a distinctively beautiful way.
Publication Date: 2007
Publisher: Manchester : Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester
Format: 1 online resource (30 minutes).
Subjects: Identity (Psychology); Teenage girls -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Social conditions; Self-esteem in adolescence; Social integration -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro; Slums -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro; Documentary films
Language: Portuguese
Source: 01DAL UDM ALMA

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