They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fields - Injury, Illness, and Illegality among U.S. Farmworkers

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-520-28326-8
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 40, 312 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

Reihe: California Series in Public Anthropology

They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fields takes the reader on an ethnographic tour of the melon and corn harvesting fields of California’s Central Valley to understand why farmworkers suffer heatstroke and chronic illness at rates higher than workers in any other industry. Through captivating accounts of the daily lives of a core group of farmworkers over nearly a decade, Sarah Bronwen Horton documents in startling detail how a tightly interwoven web of public policies and private interests creates exceptional and needless suffering.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horton, Sarah Bronwen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments Introduction
1. Burning Up: Heat Illness in California’s Fields
2. Entering Farm Work: Migration and Men’s Work Identities
3. Ghost Workers: The Labor Consequences of Identity Loan
4. Presión Alta: The Physiological Toll of Farm Work
5. Álvaro’s Casket: Heat Illness and Chronic Disease at Work
6. Desabilitado: Kidney Disease and the Disability- Assistance Hole
Conclusion: Strategies for Change
Appendix A. On Engaged Anthropology and Ethnographic Writing
Appendix B. Methods
Appendix C. Core Research Participants
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Bronwen Horton is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Denver. To learn more about Sarah, please visit http://www.sarahbhorton.com/.