Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Digital Commons Network

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Anthropology

PDF

City University of New York (CUNY)

Theses/Dissertations

2019

Gender

Articles 1 - 1 of 1

Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

A Bite Of The Big Apple: The Anthropology Of Pesticide Use In New York City, Faye O'Brien Feb 2019

A Bite Of The Big Apple: The Anthropology Of Pesticide Use In New York City, Faye O'Brien

Theses and Dissertations

Pesticide exposure in the developing world is well described in anthropology. How pesticide use and exposure is ordered and experienced socially, economically and culturally in Western urban communities is less well studied. The long-term consequences of synergistic pesticide exposure is not easily measurable, which this research addresses through social inquiry.