“Precarious Democracy: Ethnographies of Hope, Despair and Resistance in Brazil after the Pink Tide”

Brazil has undergone tremendous socioeconomic and political changes during the past decade. The new book, Precarious Democracy: Ethnographies of Hope, Despair and Resistance in Brazil after the Pink Tide (Rutgers University Press, 2021), is an ethnographic examination into these changes. Featuring editors and authors who contributed to the volume, this presentation will describe some of the innovative insights about the complexity of life in contemporary Brazil.