Abstract
As a voluminous scholarly literature develops around food studies, this paper intercedes by asking the question: what about labour? At every level, from production to consumption, labour relations are fundamental to the burgeoning literature on critical food studies. The author draws from his scholarly career researching the central role of immigrant labour in North American food systems. In two areas, the utilization of migrant agricultural labour as well as immigrant labour employed in the restaurant industry, the author identifies the centrality of exploitative working conditions, everyday comparative racializations, and gendered division of labour that mutually inform the North American food web.
Presenters
Ronald MizeProfessor and Coordinator, Ethnic Studies, Oregon State University, Oregon, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2025 Special Focus—Fed Up: Learning From the Past, Imagining New Futures
KEYWORDS
Labor Studies, Political Economy, North American Studies, Food Studies, Race/Ethnicity
