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Structural Violence:

Throughout Dr. Holmes Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States, the social theory of structural violence is present. He explores structural violence impact of Mexican migrants, from economic forces pushing them to seek work across the border, to the dangerous journey across the border, and finally their harsh reality in the United States ,. Dr. Homes uses examples such as governmental influences of structural violence such as US subsidizing corn industries which force Mexican farmers out of business, how this forces them to make the very dangerous trip across the border, US border patrol being hindering these immigrants chances of finding work in America, and the impact is has on the migrants bodies.

Holmes, S. M. (2014). Fresh fruit, broken bodies migrant farmworkers in the United States. Berkeley, CA: Univ. of California Press.