Reclaiming the discarded : life and labor on Rio's garbage dump /

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In Reclaiming the Discarded Kathleen M. Millar offers an evocative ethnography of Jardim Gramacho, a sprawling garbage dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, where roughly two thousand self-employed workers known as catadores collect recyclable materials. While the figure of the scavenger sifting...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Millar, Kathleen M., 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Ragpickers > Brazil > Duque de Caxias (Rio de Janeiro)
Dumpster diving > Brazil > Duque de Caxias (Rio de Janeiro)
Ragpickers > Brazil > Duque de Caxias (Rio de Janeiro) > Social conditions.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Brazil > Duque de Caxias (Rio de Janeiro)
Recycling (Waste, etc.) > Brazil > Duque de Caxias (Rio de Janeiro)
Chiffonniers > Brésil > Duque de Caxias.
Chiffonniers > Brésil > Duque de Caxias > Conditions sociales.
Déchets > Élimination > Brésil > Duque de Caxias.
Recyclage (Déchets, etc.) > Brésil > Duque de Caxias.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Dumpster diving.
Ragpickers.
Ragpickers > Social conditions.
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Refuse and refuse disposal.
Brazil > Duque de Caxias (Rio de Janeiro)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Arriving beyond abjection
  • The precarious present
  • Life well spent
  • Plastic economy
  • From refuse to revolution
  • Conclusion: the garbage never ends.

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