Pervasive urban violence has taken its toll on daily life in the northern part of Recife. Taking an ethnographic approach, and tracing recent developments of violent crime and homicide in Recife, this article explores the implications of the normalisation of violence. By thinking through how residents tried to protect themselves and endure the violence in practical and moral terms, the article seeks to elucidate why some members of the community – victims of violent crime and their mothers – were not deemed worthy of grief.

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不值得悲伤：巴西东北部持久的城市暴力

无处不在的城市暴力已经对累西腓北部的日常生活造成了影响。本文采用民族志方法，追踪累西腓暴力犯罪和凶杀的最新发展，探讨暴力正常化的影响。通过思考居民如何试图从实践和道德的角度保护自己和忍受暴力，文章试图阐明为什么社区中的一些成员——暴力犯罪的受害者和他们的母亲——被认为不值得悲伤。