Fresh fruit, broken bodies migrant farmworkers in the United States / Seth M. Holmes, PhD, MD ; with a foreword by Philippe Bourgois.

Author/creator Holmes, Seth M., 1975-
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, [2013]
Descriptionxxiv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction: "Worth risking your life?" -- "We are field workers": embodied anthropology of migration -- Segregation on the farm: ethnic hierarchies at work -- "How the poor suffer": embodying the violence continuum -- "Doctors don't know anything": the clinical gaze in the field of migrant health -- "Because they're lower to the ground": naturalizating social suffering -- Conclusion: change, pragmatic solidarity, and beyond.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012045798
ISBN9780520275133 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520275140 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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