Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies by Seth M Holmes Md
Provides an intimate examination of the everyday lives and suffering of Mexican migrants in our contemporary food system. The author shows how market forces, anti-immigrant sentiment, and racism undermine health and health care.
"By giving voice to silenced Mexican migrant laborers, DrHolmes exposes the links among suffering, the inequalities related to the structural violence of global trade which compel migration, and the symbolic violence of stereotypes and prejudices that normalize racism." -- Marilyn Gates New York Journal of Books "The reader is left with a deep understanding of how injustice in the United States is produced and the strength of the individuals that persevere through it." -- Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern Antipode "Holmes brings an unusual expertise to his writing about migrant Mexican farmworkers... [He] goes far beyond mere observation." -- Charles Ealy Austin American Statesman "The insights gleaned by [Holmes's] participation-observation are priceless." -- Michelle A. Gonzalez National Catholic Reporter "Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in food and the food system... To say that the book provides a vivid look at farm labor is an understatement." -- Peter Benson Somatosphere "A compelling and frightening account of the lives of [Mexican migrant] workers... [Holmes's] tales of crossing the border, doing backbreaking work in the fields, and exploring relationships with these dislocated and largely invisible workers is well worth a read." -- Leah Douglas Serious Eats "A provocative, important new book... Part heart-pounding adventure tale, part deep ethnograhic study, part urgent plea for reform... Holmes brings an enlightening complexity to the issue of migrant workers." -- Mark B. San Francisco Bay Guardian "A provocative, important new book... Part heart-pounding adventure tale, part deep ethnographic study, part urgent plea for reform." -- Marke B. Bay Guardian "A timely, eloquent, and analytically rigourous examination ... an excellent resource." -- MDICLHUMANITIES Centre for Medical Humanities "Holmes guides the reader through this endeavor by providing an intense blend of informant life histories, their clinical case studies, observations of and conversations with additional social actors on the farms and in the clinics he visited... A timely and innovative text blending theory and praxis." Alegra Laboratory
Seth M. Holmes is an anthropologist and physician. He received his PhD in Medical Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco, and his M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco. He is Martin Sisters Endowed Chair Assistant Professor of Public Health and Medical Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Philippe Bourgois is Richard Perry University Professor of Anthropology and Family & Community Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and author, among other books of In Search of Respect (Cambridge, 2000) and Righteous Dopefiend (UC Press, 2010).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520275140 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520275144 |
| Title | Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies |
| Author | Seth M Holmes Md |
| Series | California Series In Public Anthropology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 2013-05-25 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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