Life on the Other Border - Farmworkers and Food Justice in Vermont

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-520-29573-5
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1000 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mares, Teresa M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction
Bordering Visible Bodies
A Distinctive Rural Place?
Farmworker Injustice Grows in Every Field
Harvesting a Different Product: What Makes Dairy
Work Unique
It’s Not Just about the Numbers
Migrating through the Chapters to Come

1 • Vulnerability and Visibility in the Northern Borderlands
Border Violence and Vulnerability
“There’s No Mexicans in Vermont!”
There Are Indeed Mexicans in Vermont
Encerrado
The Trump Effect

2 • More than Money: Extending the Meanings and
Methodologies of Farmworker Food Security
Living with Food Insecurity on Both Sides of the Border
Feeding the Nation but Not Being Fed
Measuring the Immeasurable? Assessing Dairy Worker Food Insecurity
with the (Quantitative) Tools at Hand
Telling the Stories of Food Insecurity When Numbers Fall Short
Food Insecurity Crosses All Borders

3 • Cultivating Food Sovereignty Where There Are Few Choices
Growing a Project from Seed
Immigrant Gardens as Fertile Ground for Food Sovereignty
They Tried to Bury Us—They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds
Challenging Cultural Borders through Experiential Learning

4 • They Are Out, They Are Looking: Providing Goods and
Services under Surveillance
WIC: From Door-to-Door Delivery to EBT
Doing a Lot with Very Little in the Field of Public Health
Trunks Full of Banana Leaves and Phone Cards: The Individuals
Serving the Farmworker Community

5 • Resilience and Resistance in the Movement for Just Food and Work
Navigating the Roles of Researcher and Activist
A Timeline of Accomplishments—and Setbacks
Immigrant Rights Are Human Rights!
(Something Other than) Reform or Revolution?

Conclusion
The Promise and Complications of Doing Ethnography at Home
The Politics of Visibility in the Borderlands
The Everyday Meanings of Food Sovereignty
The Transformative Potential of Worker-Led Food Movements
Some Final Thoughts

Appendix 1: Semi-Structured Interview Guide for Farmworkers
Appendix 2: Semi-Structured Interview Guide for Service Providers
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

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