Citation

Denyer Willis L. Med. Anthropol. 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/01459740.2020.1740216

PMID

32312087

Abstract

Ethnographies of bodies have become entry points for understanding the sensorially rich ways that worlds are generated and lived. Here, I adduce a slow-paced ethnographic mode that centers how bodily pain and touch orient attention, with a focus on gendered and racialized violence in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. In doing so, I make explicit the expectation in Rio's urban governance that resilience means toughening through pain. In turn, I detail how Pentecostal practices of 'healing touch' link pain and hope together, demonstrating the religious work, care, and governance involved in producing and maintaining hope under conditions of violence.

Language: en

Keywords

Bodies; Rio de Janeiro; pain; race; suburbs; touch