Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States Volume 27

Title: Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States Volume 27 Author: Seth M Holmes ISBN: 9780520275140 Publisher: University of California Press Published: 2013 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: First Edition, With a Foreword by Philippe Bourgois Number of Pages: 264 Section: Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social Publisher Description: An intimate examination of the everyday lives and suffering of Mexican migrants and indigenous people in our contemporary food system. An anthropologist and MD in the mold of Paul Farmer and Didier Fassin, Seth Holmes shows how market forces, anti-immigrant sentiment, and racism undermine health and healthcare. Holmes's material is visceral and powerful. He trekked with his companions illegally through the desert into Arizona and was jailed with them before they were deported. He lived with indigenous famil