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Author:

Trimbur, John, author.

Title:

Grassroots literacy and the written record : a textual history of asbestos activism in South Africa/ John Trimbur.

Publisher:

Multilingual Matters,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xv, 179 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Sociolinguistics--Kuruman.--Kuruman.
Literacy--Political aspects--Kuruman.--Kuruman.
Evidence, Documentary--Kuruman.--Kuruman.
Asbestos industry--Health aspects--Kuruman.--Kuruman.
Asbestos--Law and legislation--Kuruman.--Kuruman.
Asbestos miners--Political activity--Kuruman.--Kuruman.
Asbestos industry--Health aspects.
Asbestos--Law and legislation.
Evidence, Documentary.
Literacy--Political aspects.
Sociolinguistics.
South Africa--Kuruman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction. The Study of Asbestos Activism: Circumstances, Motives, and Methods -- On the Periphery: Life in the Kuruman District -- Asbestos Mining and the Written Record: A Brief History -- The Emergence of Asbestos Activism: From the 'Period of Non-Awareness' to the National Asbestos Summit of 1998 -- Grassroots Activism and the Mobility of Documents: The Formation of the AIG -- Insurgent Lawfare: From Asbestos Related-Disease Sufferers to Plaintiffs -- 'The Lawyer Stole the Money': The Political Economy of Compensation -- Conclusion. The Deodand the Protection of Life.

Summary:

"This book examines how asbestos activists living in remote rural villages in South Africa activated metropolitan resources of representation at the grassroots level in a quest for justice and restitution for the catastrophic effects on their lives caused by the asbestos industry"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Studies in knowledge production and participation; 2

ISBN:

1788926803
9781788926805

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1114271840

LCCN:

2019035911

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)