Living with Insecurity in a Brazilian Favela

"Penglase draws the reader's gaze toward dimensions of urban violence often eclipsed by accounts of dramatic events. In doing so, he crafts a compelling ethnography that will surely become required reading for students and scholars interested in violence, urban space, and contemporary Latin America."

~American Anthropologist

"Living with Insecurity in a Brazilian Favela is a worthy addition to an ever-expanding ethnographic literature on life and death in Rio de Janeiro's famous shantytowns… This is a book that students of urbanization, informality, and violence in Brazil (and elsewhere) will value for its ethnographic richness and vigorous analysis."

~Luso-Brazilian Review

"This is a vibrant and engaging book that provides valuable insights on violence, social exclusion, and daily life on the urban margins in Brazil and elsewhere."

~Daniel M. Goldstein, author of Outlawed: Between Security and Rights in a Bolivian City

"Penglase’s is the...standard anthropological account, focused primarily on residents’ daily routines and infused with the same moral and ethical reflections about conducting ethnographic research in a context of violence."

~Latin American Research Review