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Reclaiming the Discarded: Life and Labor on Rio's Garbage Dump
Kathleen M. Millar
Reclaiming the Discarded: Life and Labor on Rio's Garbage Dump
Kathleen M. Millar
In Reclaiming the Discarded Kathleen Millar offers a comprehensive ethnography of Jardim Gramacho, a sprawling garbage dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where self-employed workers, known as catadores, collect recyclable materials and ultimately generate new modes of living within the precarious conditions of urban poverty.
248 pages, 11 illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 13, 2018 |
ISBN13 | 9780822370505 |
Publishers | Duke University Press |
Pages | 277 |
Dimensions | 228 × 153 × 21 mm · 380 g |
Language | English |
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