Down In The Ghetto
Author
Goodman, Christopher T.
Abstract
"Down In The Ghetto" is an account of my time living in the largest favela/slum in Brazil, written to fulfill the requirements of the M.A. in English with a concentration in creative nonfiction. I spent three months in 2002/2003 living in Rocinha, a favela skirting the edge of Rio de Janeiro. This piece is written as a memoir, brutally honest and rich in both character and scene. My goal with this piece is simply to entertain the reader. I did, however, toss in some statistics and background information on the formation of favelas in Brazil. Ultimately, though, it is a love story. It's the story of me, faults and all, getting caught up in the drug-fueled life of the gang-ruled slum. I lost myself for a while only to come out on top in the game of love--taking the best souvenir Brazil had to offer (my wife) with me.
Subject
Date
2013
Citation:
APA:
Goodman, Christopher T..
(January 2013).
Down In The Ghetto
(Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship.
(http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1790.)
MLA:
Goodman, Christopher T..
Down In The Ghetto.
Master's Thesis. East Carolina University,
January 2013. The Scholarship.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1790.
March 04, 2021.
Chicago:
Goodman, Christopher T.,
“Down In The Ghetto”
(Master's Thesis., East Carolina University,
January 2013).
AMA:
Goodman, Christopher T..
Down In The Ghetto
[Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University;
January 2013.
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Publisher
East Carolina University