Toxic production, disrupted lives and contaminated bodies. Care for unacknowledged suffering, incurable cancers, and immeasurable losses. This book bears witness to the invisible disasters provoked by the asbestos market worldwide and gives a voice to the communities of survivors who struggle daily in the name of social and environmental justice. Grounded in a profound, touching ethnography, this book offers an original contribution to understanding global health disasters and grassroots health-based activism.
Toxic production, disrupted lives and contaminated bodies. Care for unacknowledged suffering, incurable cancers, and immeasurable losses. This book bears witness to the invisible disasters provoked by the asbestos market worldwide and gives a voice to the communities of survivors who struggle daily in the name of social and environmental justice. Grounded in a profound, touching ethnography, this book offers an original contribution to understanding global health disasters and grassroots health-based activism.
Agata Mazzeo is Adjunct Professor of History of Anthropology at the University of Bologna. She has been published in international journals and she has co-authored articles on the asbestos market.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Translation List of Abbreviations Introduction: My Path into the Dust Chapter 1. The Toxic Market of Asbestos and Global Health Disasters Chapter 2. Osasco: City, Work and Struggles Chapter 3. Suffering and Embodied Disasters Chapter 4. The Politics of Anti-Asbestos Activism Chapter 5. Engaging Global Health, Anti-Asbestos Activism and Ethnography Conclusion Glossary References Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Translation List of Abbreviations Introduction: My Path into the Dust Chapter 1. The Toxic Market of Asbestos and Global Health Disasters Chapter 2. Osasco: City, Work and Struggles Chapter 3. Suffering and Embodied Disasters Chapter 4. The Politics of Anti-Asbestos Activism Chapter 5. Engaging Global Health, Anti-Asbestos Activism and Ethnography Conclusion Glossary References Index
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