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BL
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950885
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b705255
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| Main Entry
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Auyero, Javier.
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| Title & Author
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Flammable : : environmental suffering in an Argentine shantytown /\ Javier Auyero and Débora Alejandra Swistun.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (188 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0199706689
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: 1282053868
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: 6612053860
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: 9780199706686
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: 9781282053861
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: 9786612053863
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019537293X
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0195372948
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9780195372939
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9780195372946
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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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Hazardous wastes-- Argentina-- Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area.
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Poor-- Argentina-- Buenos Aires.
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Slums-- Argentina-- Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area.
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Hazardous wastes.
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Poor.
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Slums.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Environmental-- Pollution Control.
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Argentina, Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area.
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Argentina, Buenos Aires.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.738/42098212
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HV4070.B84A99 2009eb
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| Added Entry
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Swistun, Débora Alejandra.
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