Reclaiming the Discarded: Life and Labor on Rio's Garbage Dump

Author/Contributor(s):	Millar, Kathleen M
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	02/13/2018
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.