Marez, Curtis (Author)
University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 2016
Language: English
Physical Details: 210
Farm Worker Futurism reveals that the historical role of technology has had much to do with depicting the lives of farm laborers—Mexican migrants in particular—in the United States. This book explores the friction between agribusiness and farm workers through the lens of visual culture. (Publisher)
...MoreReview Dryer, Theodora (July 2019) Review of "Farm worker futurism: speculative technologies of resistance". Technology and Culture (pp. 924-926).
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