Dust Inside -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Translation -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Toxic Market of Asbestos and Global Health Disasters -- Chapter 2. Osasco -- Chapter 3. Suffering and Embodied Disasters -- Chapter 4. The Politics of Anti-asbestos Activism -- Chapter 5. Engaging Global Health, Anti-Asbestos Activism and Ethnography -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Index
Summary
Toxic production, disrupted lives and contaminated bodies. Care for unacknowledged suffering, incurable cancers, and immeasurable losses. This book bears witness to the invisible disasters provoked by the asbestos market worldwide and gives a voice to the communities of survivors who struggle daily in the name of social and environmental justice. Grounded in a profound, touching ethnography, this book offers an original contribution to understanding global health disasters and grassroots health-based activism
