Flammable : environmental suffering in an Argentine shantytown / Javier Auyero and Débora Alejandra Swistun.

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Auyero, Javier

Contributor(s):

Swistun, Débora Alejandra

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9780199706686
0199706689
1282053868
9781282053861
9786612053863
6612053860
0199888264
9780199888269

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Flammable.DDC classification:

363.738/42098212 22

LOC classification:

HV4070.B84 A99 2009eb

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Contents:

Villas del Riachuelo : Life amidst hazards, garbage, and poison -- The compound and the neighborhood -- Toxic wor(l)ds -- The (confused and mistaken) categories of the dominated -- Exposed waiting -- Collective disbelief in joint action -- The social production of toxic uncertainty -- Conclusions : ethnography and environmental suffering.

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Summary: Surrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina, a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other industries, a hazardous and largely unsupervised waste incinerator, and an unmonitored landfill, Flammable's soil, air, and water are contaminated with lead, chromium, benzene, and other chemicals. So are its nearly five thousand sickened and frail inhabitants. How do poor people make sense of and cope with toxic pollution? Why do they fail to understand what is objectively a clear and present danger? How are perceptions and misperceptions shared wit.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index.

Surrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina, a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other industries, a hazardous and largely unsupervised waste incinerator, and an unmonitored landfill, Flammable's soil, air, and water are contaminated with lead, chromium, benzene, and other chemicals. So are its nearly five thousand sickened and frail inhabitants. How do poor people make sense of and cope with toxic pollution? Why do they fail to understand what is objectively a clear and present danger? How are perceptions and misperceptions shared wit.

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