Milking in the Shadows

Migrants and Mobility in America’s Dairyland

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ID23539596
AuthorsJulie C Keller (0000-0001-7503-0704)
Year2019
Pages182
Publication date2019-12-31
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueMilking in the Shadows (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRutgers University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.36019/9780813596457
OpenAlexW4230891559
Open LibraryOL34044903M
ISBN9780813596457
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Migrant workers live in a transnational world that spans the boundaries of nation-states. Yet for undocumented workers, this world is complicated by inflexible immigration policies and the ever-present threat of enforcement. Workers labeled as “illegals” wrestle with restrictive immigration policies, evading border patrol and local police as they risk their lives to achieve economic stability for their families. For this group of workers, whose lives in the U.S. are largely defined by their tenuous legal status, the sacrifices they make to get ahead entail long periods of waiting, extended separation from family, and above all, tremendous uncertainty around a freedom that many of us take for granted—everyday mobility. In Milking in the Shadows , Julie Keller takes an in-depth look at a population of undocumented migrants working in the American dairy industry to understand the components of this labor system. This book offers a framework for understanding the disjuncture between the labor desired by employers and life as an undocumented worker in America today.

Archaeology · Geography · Milking · Computer Science · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Digestive system and related health · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Labor Movements and Unions · Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows · Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology · Dairying · emigration and immigration · Foreign workers · Mexico · united states

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