Life without Lead : Contamination, Crisis, and Hope in Uruguay / Daniel Renfrew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Renfrew, Daniel, Author.

Series:

Critical environments (Oakland, Calif.) ; 4.

Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalism--Uruguay--20th century.

Environmentalism.

Lead poisoning--Uruguay--20th century.

Lead poisoning.

Uruguay--Social conditions.

Uruguay.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Life without Lead examines the social, political, and environmental dimensions of a devastating lead poisoning epidemic. Drawing from a political ecology of health perspective, the book situates the Uruguayan lead contamination crisis in relation to neoliberal reform, globalization, and the resurgence of the political Left in Latin America. The author traces the rise of an environmental social justice movement, and the local and transnational circulation of environmental ideologies and contested science. Through fine-grained ethnographic analysis, this book shows how combating contamination intersected with class politics, explores the relationship of lead poisoning to poverty, and debates the best way to identify and manage an unprecedented local environmental health problem.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations and Maps

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Saturn's Nightmare

1. To Live, Not Only Survive

2. This Is Not a Game

3. La Teja Shall Sing

4. The Two Fires of ANCAP

5. New House, New Life

6. We Are All Contaminated

Conclusion: Contamination, Crisis, and Hope

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9780520968240

0520968247

OCLC:

1029075794