os 583 dias da pacificação dos complexos da penha e do alemão is available via livraria cultura on this link, or via livraria saraiva here.

published by editora fgv in 2005, the book a invenção da favela: do mito de origem à favela (the invention of the favela: the myth of the origin of the favela), by sociologist licia do prada valladares takes readers on a journey, interrogating the origin of prejudice against favela populations - it is a highly inventive academic work with an impressive degree of breadth and depth, considering both material and symbolic dimensions that constitute social reality.

the inter-disciplinary research seeks to uncover the metamorphoses of the rio slum in the minds of the city's governors and inhabitants.