Materializing Poverty

Materializing Poverty
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9780759124226
ISBN-13 : 0759124221
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Book Synopsis Materializing Poverty by : Erin B. Taylor

Download or read book Materializing Poverty written by Erin B. Taylor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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