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Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies

Paperback • 2013

Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies

By Seth Holmes

6 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies provides an intimate examination of the everyday lives and suffering of Mexican migrants in our contemporary food system. An anthropologist and MD in the mold of Paul Farmer and Didier Fassin, Holmes shows how market forces, anti-immigrant sentiment, and racism undermine health and health care. 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...Show more

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9780520275140

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2013

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Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies

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