What is mine /
"In What Is Mine, sociologist Jose Henrique Bortoluci uses interviews with his father, Didi, to retrace the recent history of Brazil and of his family. From the mid-1960s to the mid-2010s, Didi's work as a truck driver took him away from home for long stretches at a time as he crisscrossed...
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| Language: | English |
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Fitzcarraldo Editions,
2024.
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| Summary: | "In What Is Mine, sociologist Jose Henrique Bortoluci uses interviews with his father, Didi, to retrace the recent history of Brazil and of his family. From the mid-1960s to the mid-2010s, Didi's work as a truck driver took him away from home for long stretches at a time as he crisscrossed the country and participated in huge infrastructure projects including the Trans-Amazonian Highway, a scheme spearheaded by the military dictatorship of the time, undertaken through brutal deforestation. An observer of history, Didi also recounts the toll his work has taken on his health, from a heart attack in middle age to the cancer that defines his retirement. Bortoluci weaves the history of a nation with that of a man, uncovering parallels between cancer and capitalism - both sustained by expansion, both embodiments of 'the gospel of growth at any cost' - and tracing the distance that class has placed between him and his father. What Is Mine is a moving, thought-provoking and brilliantly constructed examination of the scars we carry, as people and as countries"--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | First published in Portuguese in Brazil by Editora Fósforo, 2023. Translated from Portuguese. |
| Physical Description: | 147 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781804270851 1804270857 |