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

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cousins, Thomas (Anthropologist) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2023.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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