The tempo of wageless work: E. P. Thompson's time-sense at the edges of Rio de Janeiro.

This article puts E. P. Thompson's writings on time-sense in conversation with the temporality of work on a garbage dump in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At this site, several thousand urban poor (catadores) collect recyclables for a living outside relations of wage labor. The lived exper...

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Published in:	Focaal Vol. 2015; no. 73; pp. 28 - 41
Main Author:	Millar, Kathleen M.
Format:	Article
Published:	Berghahn Books Winter2015
Subjects:	Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Thompson, E. P. Social responsibility Economic development Mineral industries
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost