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| List of Illustrations | xi | ||
| Foreword | xiii | ||
| Acknowledgments | xix | ||
| Introduction: Hard Laughter | 1 | (17) | |
| 1. Laughter "Out of Place" | 18 | (40) | |
| 2. The Aesthetics of... MORE | 58 | (44) | |
| 3. Color-Blind Erotic Democracies, Black Consciousness Politics, and the Black Cinderellas of Felicidade Eterna | 102 | (34) | |
| 4. No Time for Childhood | 136 | (38) | |
| 5. State Terror, Gangs, and Everyday Violence in Rio de Janeiro | 174 | (52) | |
| 6. Partial Truths, or the Carnivalization of Desire | 226 | (33) | |
| 7. What's So Funny about Rape? | 259 | (16) | |
| Notes | 275 | (38) | |
| Glossary | 313 | (8) | |
| References | 321 | (20) | |
| Index | 341 |