" Life in Traffic is essential reading for those concerned with the gendered and ethnoracial consequences of extractivism in Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia, as well as with advancing feminist anthropological scholarship."--Florence E. Babb, author of Women's Place in the Andes: Engaging Decolonial Feminist Anthropology "Ruth Goldstein's narrative style blends a striking capacity to notice, listen to others, and reflect. A deep sense of care extends across Life in Traffic : for people, the things they carry, and the hard experiences that set them in motion or push them to a different place."--Richard Kernaghan, author of Crossing the Current: Aftermaths of War along the Huallaga River "In this thoughtful ethnography of life in traffic along the Interoceanic Highway, Goldstein skillfully demonstrates how integral a role road infrastructure plays in shaping gendered and racialized extractive economies amid complicated ethical landscapes. Both the highway and this book are political projects that traverse various sites and disciplines, reminding the reader that there is much to gain by taking the road most traveled."--Kimberly Theidon, author of Legacies of War: Violence, Ecologies, and Kin.