{"product_id":"burning-matters-peter-c-little-9780190934552","title":"Burning Matters: Life, Labor, and E-Waste Pyropolitics in Ghana","description":"Global trade in electronic waste (e-waste) has led to various waste management challenges and many regions of the Global South have suffered the toxic consequences. In \u003cem\u003eBurning Matters, \u003c\/em\u003e Peter C. Little explores the complex cultural, economic, and environmental health politics of e-waste work in Ghana. He brings to light the lived experiences of Ghana's e-waste workers, as they navigate the health, social, and economic challenges of highly toxic e-waste labor. In particular, Little engages the experiences of e-waste workers who burn bundles of electrical cables to extract copper, a practice that contaminates bodies and the urban environment and which has attracted international organizations seeking to mitigate risk and find quick tech solutions to this highly toxic e-waste work. A nuanced perspective on e-waste burning and environmental politics in Africa at a time when global e-waste generation and trade is at an all-time high, \u003cem\u003eBurning Matters\u003c\/em\u003e contends that e-waste interventions devoid of ethnographic perspective and knowledge risk downplaying the vibrant complexities of e-waste itself and the matters of social life and labor that matter most to Ghana's e-waste workers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter C. Little\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190934557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190934552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.19w x 0.58d","brand":"Peter C. Little","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993832980735,"sku":"9780190934552","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b9dbf9fa-2067-4830-9c7c-ed954d2c0c18.jpg?v=1683326582","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/burning-matters-peter-c-little-9780190934552","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}