Round 11: Tossup 2

A rebellious type of “act” named for these places is the focus of a 2022 book by Veena Das. A portmanteau merging these places with an occupation is often applied to Peter Rachman, who inspired the term “Rachmanism.” (10[2])A book about one of these places chronicles a garbage sorter accused of arson and is titled for a tile ad on an airport wall. The growth of these places is the subject of a Mike Davis book titled for a “Planet of” (-5[1])them. One of these places called Annawadi (10[1])is the focus of Katherine Boo’s (10[1])Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Dharavi, the largest of these (10[1])places, is a setting of Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A, which Danny Boyle adapted into a movie partly titled for these places about a poor game show contestant. For 10 (10[1])points, favelas (10[1])exemplify what poor, densely populated urban areas? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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