Reclaiming The Discarded: Life And Labor On Rio'S Garbage Dump

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.

• | Author: Kathleen M. Millar
• | Publisher: Duke University Press Books
• | Publication Date: Feb 13, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 248 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 0822370506
• | ISBN-13: 9780822370505