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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alexa S. DietrichPublisher: New York University Press Imprint: New York University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9780814724736ISBN 10: 0814724736 Pages: 251 Publication Date: 07 June 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Acknowledgments Key Events Timeline for Nocora's Environmental Health List of Acronyms A Note on Pseudonyms Introduction: Understanding PoliticalEcologies of Risk in Puerto Rico Little by Little 1 The Dose Makes the Poison: How Making Drugs Harms Environments and People Progress 2 In the Beginning Was the Corporation: Progress, Pollution, and the Public Trust Playing Politics 3 The Rituals and Consequences of Community Politics and Dissent ""Fresh Minds"" on Parade 4 Environmental Justice Is Not Always Just Good Neighbors (A Conversation) 5 The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Problem of ""Stakeholders"" ""Salud te recomienda"" 6 Radical Redistributions of Knowledge: A Holistic View of Environmental Health Epilogue Appendix Notes Bibliography Index About the Author"ReviewsOffers a compelling and thought-provoking account of the politics of recognition in Nocerenos, Puerto Rico, a municipality where the stench of pollution pervades the air, soil, and water. In Nocerenos, one lives beneath the shadow of one's corporate neighbors, ' an imposing complex of pharmaceutical companies that turns a blind eye to the insidious effects of toxic by-products while boasting of their lucrative trade in health elsewhere. Set against the invisibility of chronic suffering, local grassroots activists must always fight to be seen and heard. Here one encounters a lively cast of people who inhabit an environment both tranquil and contaminated. This is a smart and masterful portrayal of the realities of activism and the power of corporate public relations strategies, a convincing ethnography that integrates medical anthropology and political ecology in expert fashion. Every employee of Big Pharma should be required to read this book. -Lesley A. Sharp, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College Author InformationAlexa S. Dietrich is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Wagner College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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