Reclaiming the Discarded : Life and Labor on Rio's Garbage Dump - 9780822370505

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.

• | : Kathleen M. Millar
• | Publisher: Duke University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 13, 2018
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 248 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0822370506
• | ISBN-13: 9780822370505