Poverty is generally defined as a lack of material resources. However,
the relationships that poor people have with their possessions are not
just about deprivation. Material things play a positive role in the
lives of poor people: they help people to build social relationships,
address inequalities, and fulfill emotional needs. In this book,
anthropologist Erin Taylor explores how residents of a squatter
settlement in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, use their material
resources creatively to solve everyday problems and, over a few
decades, radically transform the community. Their struggles show how
these everyday engagements with materiality, rather than more dramatic
efforts, generate social change and build futures.
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ISBN
9780759124226
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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