Life on the Other Border

Farmworkers and Food Justice in Vermont

AvTeresa M. Mares

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

In her timely new book, Teresa M. Mares explores the intersections of structural vulnerability and food insecurity experienced by migrant farmworkers in the northeastern borderlands of the United States. Through ethnographic portraits of Latinx farmworkers who labor in Vermont’s dairy industry, Mares powerfully illuminates the complex and resilient ways workers sustain themselves and their families while also serving as the backbone of the state’s agricultural economy. In doing so, Life on the Other Border exposes how broader movements for food justice and labor rights play out in the agricultural sector, and powerfully points to the misaligned agriculture and immigration policies impacting our food system today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-04-16
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:363 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:University of California Press
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520295735

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Migration inom Samhälle och politik
Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Teresa M. Mares is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont.

Recensioner i media

"Mares’s book contributes enormously to the fields of critical ethnography, borderland studies, and immigration studies,and would be an excellent addition to any classroom or public discussion of labor rights and food justice."

Innehållsförteckning

List of Tables and IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionBordering Visible BodiesA Distinctive Rural Place?Farmworker Injustice Grows in Every FieldHarvesting a Different Product: What Makes DairyWork UniqueIt’s Not Just about the NumbersMigrating through the Chapters to Come1 • Vulnerability and Visibility in the Northern BorderlandsBorder Violence and Vulnerability“There’s No Mexicans in Vermont!”There Are Indeed Mexicans in VermontEncerradoThe Trump Effect2 • More than Money: Extending the Meanings andMethodologies of Farmworker Food SecurityLiving with Food Insecurity on Both Sides of the BorderFeeding the Nation but Not Being FedMeasuring the Immeasurable? Assessing Dairy Worker Food Insecuritywith the (Quantitative) Tools at HandTelling the Stories of Food Insecurity When Numbers Fall ShortFood Insecurity Crosses All Borders3 • Cultivating Food Sovereignty Where There Are Few ChoicesGrowing a Project from SeedImmigrant Gardens as Fertile Ground for Food SovereigntyThey Tried to Bury Us—They Didn’t Know We Were SeedsChallenging Cultural Borders through Experiential Learning4 • They Are Out, They Are Looking: Providing Goods andServices under SurveillanceWIC: From Door-to-Door Delivery to EBTDoing a Lot with Very Little in the Field of Public HealthTrunks Full of Banana Leaves and Phone Cards: The IndividualsServing the Farmworker Community5 • Resilience and Resistance in the Movement for Just Food and WorkNavigating the Roles of Researcher and ActivistA Timeline of Accomplishments—and SetbacksImmigrant Rights Are Human Rights!(Something Other than) Reform or Revolution?ConclusionThe Promise and Complications of Doing Ethnography at HomeThe Politics of Visibility in the BorderlandsThe Everyday Meanings of Food SovereigntyThe Transformative Potential of Worker-Led Food MovementsSome Final ThoughtsAppendix 1: Semi-Structured Interview Guide for FarmworkersAppendix 2: Semi-Structured Interview Guide for Service ProvidersNotesBibliographyIndex