The Struggle for Maize: Campesinos, Workers, and Transgenic Corn in the Mexican Countryside by Fitting, Elizabeth
The Struggle for Maize: Campesinos, Workers, and Transgenic Corn in the Mexican Countryside by Fitting, Elizabeth

The Struggle for Maize: Campesinos, Workers, and Transgenic Corn in the Mexican Countryside

When scientists discovered transgenes in local Mexican corn varieties in 2001, their findings intensified a debate about...
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The Struggle for Maize: Campesinos, Workers, and Transgenic Corn in the Mexican Countryside by Fitting, Elizabeth

The Struggle for Maize: Campesinos, Workers, and Transgenic Corn in the Mexican Countryside

$100.23
The Struggle for Maize: Campesinos, Workers, and Transgenic Corn in the Mexican Countryside by Fitting, Elizabeth

The Struggle for Maize: Campesinos, Workers, and Transgenic Corn in the Mexican Countryside

$100.23
Author: Elizabeth Fitting
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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When scientists discovered transgenes in local Mexican corn varieties in 2001, their findings intensified a debate about not only the import of genetically modified (GM) maize into Mexico but also the fate of the peasantry under neoliberal globalization. While the controversy initially focused on the extent to which gene flow from transgenic to local varieties threatens maize biodiversity, anti-GM activists emphasized the cultural significance of the crop in Mexico and demanded that campesinos and consumers have a voice in the creation of GM maize and rural policies. In The Struggle for Maize, Elizabeth Fitting explores the competing claims of the GM corn debate in relation to the livelihood struggles of small-scale maize producers, migrants, and maquiladora workers from the southern Tehuac n Valley. She argues that the region's biodiversity is affected by state policies that seek to transform campesinos into entrepreneurs and rural residents into transnational migrant laborers. While corn production and a campesino identity remain important to an older generation, younger residents have little knowledge of or interest in maize agriculture; they seek out wage labor in maquiladoras and the United States. Fitting's ethnography illustrates how agricultural producers and their families respond creatively to economic hardship and Mexico's "neoliberal corn regime," which promotes market liberalization, agricultural "efficiency," and the reduction of state services over domestic maize production and food sovereignty.

Author: Elizabeth Fitting
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 02/01/2011
Pages: 322
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780822349563

About the Author

Elizabeth Fitting is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.


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