Login

 


 
     
Limit to available items
Record:   Prev Next
book jacket
BOOK
Title Wastelands : recycled commodities and the perpetual displacement of Ashkali and Romani scavengers / Eirik Saethre
Imprint Oakland : University of California Press, [2020]
©2020

LIBRARY / MAP CALL NUMBER STATUS MESSAGE
 Tygelsjö:Vuxen Facklitteratur (300-399)  305.8 engelska    CHECK SHELF  ---
Descript viii, 242 sidor 23 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references and index
"Wastelands is an in-depth 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's searing book follows Ashkali as they scavenge through dumpsters, build shacks, siphon electricity, negotiate the recycling trade, and migrate between Belgrade, Kosovo, and the European Union. Saethre argues that trash is not just a means of survival-it reinforces the status of Ashkali as a polluted Other, creates indissoluble bonds to transnational capitalism, enfeebles bodies, and establishes a localized sovereignty. In these geographies of displacement, suffering is boring and trash is transformative"-- Provided by publisher
Subject Romer
Dumpstring
Romska flyktingar
Ashkali (folk)
Romer -- attityder till
Ashkali (folk) -- attityder till
Kosovo
Serbien -- Belgrad
Classmark 305.89149704
ISBN/ISSN 9780520368491
Record:   Prev Next