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  • Life and Death of the American Worker

    The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company

    by Alice Driver ...
    FEATURED IN THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY BIG CHICKEN: A FAST FOOD CONSPIRACYWinner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and a New Yorker best book of the year, a “startling glimpse into the meatpacking industry’s abuse of undocumented and incarcerated workers” (The New York Times Book Review) and those who had the courage to fight back.On June 27, 2011, a deadly chemical accident took place ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • More or Less Dead

    Feminicide, Haunting, and the Ethics of Representation in Mexico

    by Alice Driver ...
    In Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, people disappear, their bodies dumped in deserted city lots or jettisoned in the unforgiving desert. All too many of them are women.More or Less Dead analyzes how such violence against women has been represented in news media, books, films, photography, and art. Alice Driver argues that the various cultural reports often express anxiety or criticism about how women ... Read more

    $60.49 CAD

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    Life and Death of the American Worker

    The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company

    by Alice Driver ...
    Narrated by Lori Felipe-Barkin ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 25 min

    FEATURED IN THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY BIG CHICKEN: A FAST FOOD CONSPIRACYWinner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and a New Yorker best book of the year, a “startling glimpse into the meatpacking industry’s abuse of undocumented and incarcerated workers” (The New York Times Book Review) and those who had the courage to fight back.On June 27, 2011, a deadly chemical accident took place ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

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