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
Main Author: Millar, Kathleen M., 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Refuse and refuse disposal.
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Ragpickers > Social conditions.
Ragpickers.
Dumpster diving.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Recyclage (Dechets, etc.) > Bresil > Duque de Caxias.
Dechets > Élimination > Bresil > Duque de Caxias.
Chiffonniers > Bresil > Duque de Caxias > Conditions sociales.
Chiffonniers > Bresil > Duque de Caxias.
Recycling (Waste, etc.) > Brazil > Duque de Caxias (Rio de Janeiro)
Refuse and refuse disposal > Brazil > Duque de Caxias (Rio de Janeiro)
Ragpickers > Brazil > Duque de Caxias (Rio de Janeiro) > Social conditions.
Dumpster diving > Brazil > Duque de Caxias (Rio de Janeiro)
Ragpickers > Brazil > Duque de Caxias (Rio de Janeiro)
Brazil > Duque de Caxias (Rio de Janeiro)
Electronic books.
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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