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Gender and precarious work in agriculture

Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture, 2021, Vol.1, p.326-335

2021 selection and editorial matter, Carolyn E. Sachs, Leif Jensen, Paige Castellanos, and Kathleen Sexsmith; individual chapters, the contributors ;ISBN: 9780367563561 ;ISBN: 9780367190019 ;ISBN: 0367563568 ;ISBN: 036719001X ;EISBN: 0429199759 ;EISBN: 0429578466 ;EISBN: 9780429199752 ;EISBN: 9780429578465 ;EISBN: 9780429576355 ;EISBN: 0429576358 ;DOI: 10.4324/9780429199752-30

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  • Title:
    Gender and precarious work in agriculture
  • Author: Sexsmith, Kathleen ; Griffin, Megan A. M.
  • Is Part Of: Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture, 2021, Vol.1, p.326-335
  • Description: Women farmworkers are vulnerable to severe forms of reproductive injustice that serve to control and discipline their labor—and to keep food cheap. This chapter uses the Reproductive Justice framework developed by SisterSong to analyze gendered forms of labor control experienced by migrant and immigrant workers in US agriculture. Our review of the literature covers farmworkers’ experiences of sexual violence, constraints on their expression of sexuality, the inadequacy of wages for raising families, pesticide exposure (particularly among pregnant women and children), unsafe and indecent housing conditions, and the extended family separations that intrinsic to guestworker visa programs. We find that an intersectional analysis is necessary to understand these forms of reproductive injustice, which are exacerbated by inequities of gender, race, ethnicity, class, immigration status, and age. However, women farmworkers should not be construed as passive victims. Rather, we conclude by demonstrating their efforts to transform the structures that oppress them through resistances at the level of the farm, community, and the nation.
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9780367563561
    ISBN: 9780367190019
    ISBN: 0367563568
    ISBN: 036719001X
    EISBN: 0429199759
    EISBN: 0429578466
    EISBN: 9780429199752
    EISBN: 9780429578465
    EISBN: 9780429576355
    EISBN: 0429576358
    DOI: 10.4324/9780429199752-30
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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