Katherine Shackelford
Stories (2/0)
Perspective on "Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States," by Seth Holmes.
Seth Holmes composed a wonderful book based on his ethnographic field work. His vignettes were memorable and personal from his arrest by the Border Patrol, to his realizations of the social capital his skin color afforded him. He also intertwined several theoretical concepts throughout the book to break down the social/structural inequalities his Triqui friends experienced crossing the border, working on the farm, and through dealing with the medical systems. Holmes introduced the concept of the violence continuum to illustrate their suffering, and discussed how the clinical gaze can be dehumanizing; both ideas are quite interesting and dissect what is happening with precision in the lives of Triqui migrant farm workers.
By Katherine Shackelford 4 years ago in The Swamp
Sex, Politics and Religion in America
When the American colonies announced their independence from Great Britain in 1776, founding father Thomas Jefferson gave voice to the idea of the separation of church and state. This idea has been a theoretical part of the American government since its conception, and many Americans would like to believe that there is a definable space between religion and politics. However, there has definitely been a lot of bleed-over between the two realms, and in no place is this clearer than the space where Christianity and sex education meet. Religion has permeated the political realm in the U.S., which is made obvious by a widespread acceptance of premarital abstinence discourses (which shape subjects views of sexuality in relation to speech, thought and behavior), and the promotion of abstinence-only sex education programs.
By Katherine Shackelford 4 years ago in Education