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Flammable: Environmental Suffering in an Argentine Shantytown
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...more
Paperback, 188 pages
Published
April 10th 2009
by Oxford University Press, USA
(first published 2008)
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An interesting ethnography that tries to get into the everyday decisions and knowledge produced when living through a long-term environmental toxic disaster.
Excelente libro. Un tema candente tratado desde la perspectiva de la etnografía política de Auyero. Aplica su método "cubista", esto es, mirar a un fenómeno desde distintos puntos para así obtener una imagen más completa. Esta versión en español es lamentablemente más corta que la original en inglés, publicada en 2009 si mal no recuerdo
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