Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
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All Themes Social Hierarchy and Violence Global Pressures and Individual Choices Labor and Immigration Policy Bias in Healthcare Anthropology and Activism
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All Characters Seth Holmes Samuel Abelino Crescencio Bernardo Samantha Shelly J.R. The Triqui Migrants’ Coyote Scott John Tanaka
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All Terms Coyote Habitus Mestizo Mixtec NAFTA Structural Violence Symbolic Violence Triqui
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Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies

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Seth Holmes

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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
Themes
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  • Social Hierarchy and Violence Theme Icon
    Social Hierarchy and Violence
  • Global Pressures and Individual Choices Theme Icon
    Global Pressures and Individual Choices
  • Labor and Immigration Policy Theme Icon
    Labor and Immigration Policy
  • Bias in Healthcare Theme Icon
    Bias in Healthcare
  • Anthropology and Activism Theme Icon
    Anthropology and Activism
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Seth Holmes
  • Samuel
  • Abelino
  • Crescencio
  • Bernardo
  • Samantha
  • Shelly
  • J.R.
  • The Triqui Migrants’ Coyote
  • Scott
  • John Tanaka
Terms
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  • Coyote
  • Habitus
  • Mestizo
  • Mixtec
  • NAFTA
  • Structural Violence
  • Symbolic Violence
  • Triqui
Symbols
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  • The Church Posters Symbol Icon
    The Church Posters
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Beyond showing the dangers that migrants face crossing the border, the church posters represent the way common assumption about migration perpetuate symbolic violence. During their treacherous journey across the U.S.-Mexico border, Seth Holmes and…

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