Wastelands

Recycled Commodities and the Perpetual Displacement of Ashkali and Romani Scavengers

Wastelands
Eirik Saethre
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Paperback
h229 x 152mm - 252pg
10 Nov 2020 US
International import eta 10-30 days
9780520368514
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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.
Eirik Saethre is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawai' i at Manoa. He is the author of Illness Is a Weapon and coauthor of Negotiating Pharmaceutical Uncertainty.
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ISBN-13: 9780520368514
Published: 10 Nov 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 363g
Pages: 252

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