Fresh fruit broken bodiesweds the theoretical analysis of the anthropologist with the intimacy of the journalist to provide a compelling examination of structural and symbolic violence medicalization and the clinical gaze as they affect the experiences and perceptions of a vertical slice of indigenous mexican migrant farmworkers farm owners . The author refers to paul farmers concept of pragmatic solidarity which encourages joining in practical ways the struggles of oppressed people on all levels of the micro to macro continuumfresh fruit broken bodies is not only a brilliant portrayal of migrant farm labor in the united states and a convincing analysis of structural . Fresh fruit broken bodies migrant farmworkers in the united states holmes seth m berkeley university of california press series in public anthropology 2013 264 pp sarah horton university of colorado denver search for more papers by this author sarah horton. An intimate examination of the everyday lives and suffering of mexican migrants and indigenous people in our contemporary food system an anthropologist and md in the mold of paul farmer and didier fassin seth holmes shows how market forces anti immigrant sentiment and racism undermine health and healthcare holmess material is visceral and powerful. By seth holmes fresh fruit broken bodies migrant farmworkers in the united states first edition paperback2018by seth holmes author paperback 41 out of 5 stars 5 2804