Ethnographical Analysis of Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies Kagoni Meja College

In the education domain and beyond, ethnography has gained a wide array of conceptualizations and is present in numerous forms that reflect divergent associations. In the book "Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies," Seth Holmes provides a captivating ethnography that links structural violence typical of the US migrant labor system to the social processes that normalize it. “Structural violence—with its pernicious effects on health—and symbolic violence—with its subtle naturalization of inequalities on the farm, in the clinic, and in the media—form the nexus of violence and suffering through which the phenomenon of migrant labor in North America is produced” (Holmes, 2013). The author offers a rare combination of humanitarian, medical, and anthropological insights into the lives of Oaxacan migrant farmworkers. This paper explores Holmes' book from an ethnographical perspective of analyzing his approach of studying the Triqui people.

In tandem with this paper's approach, ethnography is a branch of anthropology that can be generally described as the methodical study of individual cultures. It entails a data collection approach where the data collector is a participant and not an outsider. Its primary goal is to get immersed with the studied...