Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Foreword xiii
5. Preface to the 2013 Edition xix
6. Acknowledgments xxxvii
7. Introduction 1
8. Chapter 1. Laughter “Out of Place” 18
9. Chapter 2. The Aesthetics of Domination. Class, Culture, and the Lives of Domestic Workers 58
10. Chapter 3. Color-Blind Erotic Democracies, Black Consciousness Politics, and the Black Cinderellas of Felicidade Eterna 102
11. Chapter 4. No Time for Childhood 136
12. Chapter 5. State Terror, Gangs, and Everyday Violence in Rio de Janeiro 174
13. Chapter 6. Partial Truths, or the Carnivalization of Desire 226
14. Chapter 7. What’s So Funny about Rape? 259
15. Notes 275
16. Glossary 313
17. References 321
18. Index 341