{"product_id":"9781646052202","title":"Trash","description":"Author: Sylvia Aguilar-Zeleny\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781646052202\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Jul 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 168 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrash\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves the voices of three women with lived connections to the municipal garbage dump of Ciudad Jurez, Mexico.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAguilar Zeleny's \u003ci\u003eTrash\u003c\/i\u003e shows the complexities of survival and joy, love and violence for three women: a teenager abandoned by her guardian at the dump, a scientist doing research on the residents of the dump, and a transwoman living nearby who is the matriarch of a group of sex workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach one of the characters navigates family, abandonment, power, jealousy, greed, and multiple taboos around sexuality and gender violence. Their stories are linked by geography and by ideas of waste and abandonment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Aguilar Zeleny explores these territories in her book, she asks crucial questions: Who is seen as disposable and why? How do women find their own means of survival and joy in the midst of a perilous sociopolitical context? What does it mean to live a life in a time of austerity and extreme violence? \u003ci\u003eTrash\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical intervention in Mexican literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47922830704798,"sku":"ING-9781646052202","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781646052202.jpg?v=1782891925","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781646052202","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}