Description
| Product ID: | 9780520368514 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Wastelands |
| Subtitle: | Recycled Commodities and the Perpetual Displacement of Ashkali and Romani Scavengers |
| Authors: | Author: Eirik Saethre |
| Page Count: | 252 |
| Subjects: | Regional / International studies, Regional studies, European history, Poverty and precarity, Housing and homelessness, Refugees and political asylum, Social discrimination and social justice, Globalization, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social and cultural anthropology, European history, Poverty & unemployment, Housing & homelessness, Refugees & political asylum, Social discrimination & inequality, Globalization, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Eastern Europe |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Wastelands is an exploration of trash, the scavengers who collect it, and the precarious communities it sustains. After enduring war and persecution in Kosovo, many Ashkali refugees fled to Belgrade, Serbia, where they were stigmatized as Gypsies, consigned to slums, sidelined from the economy, and subjected to violence. To survive, Ashkali collect the only resource available to them: garbage. Vividly recounting everyday life in an illegal Romani settlement, Eirik Saethre follows Ashkali as they scavenge through dumpsters, build shacks, siphon electricity, negotiate the recycling trade, and migrate between Belgrade, Kosovo, and the European Union. He argues that trash is not just a means of survival: it reinforces the status of Ashkali and Roma as polluted Others, creates indissoluble bonds to transnational capitalism, enfeebles bodies, and establishes a localized sovereignty. |
| Imprint Name: | University of California Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of California Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-10-06 |
