Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. MAPS AND TABLES xiii
5. STORIES xv
6. I Introduction
7. 1. Fateful Encounters 3
8. 2. The City 18
9. II Carnival
10. 3. The Violence in Carnival 43
11. 4. Anything Goes! 74
12. 5. Playing to the Limit 90
13. III Briga 99
14. 6. Preliminaries 101
15. 7. Exacerbations 129
16. 8. Disequilibrium 158
17. 9. Exits 174
18. 10. The Murder of Sergio 191
19. IV Conclusion
20. 11. The Cultural Cybernetics of Violence 225
21. 12. Brazilians and Their Discontents 236
22. APPENDIXES 249
23. A Biographical Sketches 251
24. B A Note on Methods 255
25. Glossary 263
26. Bibliography 269
27. Index 281