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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 through garbage seems iconic of wageless life today, Millar shows how the work of reclaiming recyclables is more than a survival strategy or an informal labor practice. Rather, the stories of catadores show how this work is inseparable from conceptions of the good life and from human struggles to realize these visions within precarious conditions of urban poverty. By approaching the work of catadores as highly generative, Millar calls into question the category of informality, common conceptions of garbage, and the continued normativity of wage labor. In so doing, she illuminates how waste lies at the heart of relations of inequality and projects of social transformation.
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 through garbage seems iconic of wageless life today, Millar shows how the work of reclaiming recyclables is more than a survival strategy or an informal labor practice. Rather, the stories of catadores show how this work is inseparable from conceptions of the good life and from human struggles to realize these visions within precarious conditions of urban poverty. By approaching the work of catadores as highly generative, Millar calls into question the category of informality, common conceptions of garbage, and the continued normativity of wage labor. In so doing, she illuminates how waste lies at the heart of relations of inequality and projects of social transformation.
Über den Autor
Kathleen M. Millar
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. Arriving beyond Abjection 35
2. The Precarious Present 67
3. Life Well Spent 95
4. Plastic Economy 123
5. From Refuse to Revolution 151
Conclusion: The Garbage Never Ends 177
Notes 191
References 207
Index 223
Introduction 1
1. Arriving beyond Abjection 35
2. The Precarious Present 67
3. Life Well Spent 95
4. Plastic Economy 123
5. From Refuse to Revolution 151
Conclusion: The Garbage Never Ends 177
Notes 191
References 207
Index 223
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Rubrik: | Sozialwissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780822370505 |
ISBN-10: | 0822370506 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Millar, Kathleen M. |
Hersteller: | Duke University Press |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 14 mm |
Von/Mit: | Kathleen M. Millar |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 13.02.2018 |
Gewicht: | 0,368 kg |
Über den Autor
Kathleen M. Millar
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. Arriving beyond Abjection 35
2. The Precarious Present 67
3. Life Well Spent 95
4. Plastic Economy 123
5. From Refuse to Revolution 151
Conclusion: The Garbage Never Ends 177
Notes 191
References 207
Index 223
Introduction 1
1. Arriving beyond Abjection 35
2. The Precarious Present 67
3. Life Well Spent 95
4. Plastic Economy 123
5. From Refuse to Revolution 151
Conclusion: The Garbage Never Ends 177
Notes 191
References 207
Index 223
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Rubrik: | Sozialwissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780822370505 |
ISBN-10: | 0822370506 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Millar, Kathleen M. |
Hersteller: | Duke University Press |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 14 mm |
Von/Mit: | Kathleen M. Millar |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 13.02.2018 |
Gewicht: | 0,368 kg |
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