Insurgent citizenship disjunctions of democracy and modernity in brazil by james holston november 2009 the journal of latin american and caribbean anthropology 142520 522. Insurgent citizenshipshows how historically the category of citizen in brazilian society has been subject to differential rights and subtle gradations that have forced many people who enjoy formal citizenship to resort to illegal arrangements to survive perhaps most important holston analyzes the struggles of insurgent movements in brazil . This item insurgent citizenship disjunctions of democracy and modernity in brazil in formation by james holston paperback 3194 only 7 left in stock more on the way ships from and sold by amazoncom. Insurgent citizenships have arisen in cities around the world this book examines the insurgence of democratic citizenship in the urban peripheries of sao paulo brazil its entanglement with entrenched systems of inequality and its contradiction in violence james holston argues that for two centuries brazilians have practiced a type of citizenship all too common among nation states one . Buy insurgent citizenship disjunctions of democracy and modernity in brazil in formation by holston james isbn 9780691142906 from amazons book store everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders