Laughter Out of Place Intro + Chapter 1
by Natasha Ayers
1. Redefining the Image the Outside World has of Brazil
1.1. What the outside perception of Brazil is, is entirely different from what actually goes on.
2. Power VS Subordination
2.1. Power trips everywhere
3. Class Determines Value
3.1. The poor are looked at as less worthy of life.
4. Laughter as an Outlet
4.1. Laughter is how people deal emotionally. People have been so conditioned by strife, pain, sadness, inequality that laughter, and making light of even horrifying situations is how people deal.
5. Ethnographic examination of slums-
5.1. Not a modern antropologist's first choice
6. Laughter is the Expression of Sadness
6.1. Tears can only do so much
7. Female Ethnography
7.1. Very much relatable to Reinharz "Feminist Ethonography," this work is a feminist ethnography
8. Laughter as Defiance
8.1. When faced with feelings of powerlessness, laughter provides an escape, or is used as a method of defiance to thwart situations
9. Female Directed
9.1. Gloria is the leader. She serves as the medium between outside observing, and what goes on the in favela during daily life.
10. Female Perspective
10.1. written by a woman
11. Large Division Between Classes
11.1. Upper and Middle classes are a totally different world from the low class.
12. History of Brazil
12.1. The Class System/ Structure goes back to the earliest days
13. Favelas
13.1. Intricate Sub Culture of the poorest of the poor
14. Rich VS Poor
14.1. Huge division in classes
15. Female Power
15.1. Within the Favela, women hold a lot of power.
