The Work of Repair : Capacity after Colonialism in the Timber Plantations of South Africa /

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The Work of Repair is an ethnographic examination of the intimate relationships between laborers in the timber plantations of postapartheid South Africa, in the wake of the HIV crisis and the contentious politics of nutrition. It explores how capacity is augmented as the wounds of history are embodi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cousins, Thomas (Anthropologist) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wood-pulp industry > Social aspects > South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal.
Plantation workers > South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > Social life and customs.
Plantation workers > South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > Social conditions.
KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Series Editors
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Repair and the Question of Capacity
  • 1. Labor Power and Amandla
  • 2. The Plantation and the Making of a Labor Regime
  • 3. The Game of Marriage
  • 4. Repair and the Substance of Others
  • 5. In the Vicinity of the Social
  • Conclusion: The Work of Repair
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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