Spiders in the House and Workers in the Field

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"Spiders in the House and Workers in the Field" is a nonfiction work by Ernesto Galarza that examines the lives, struggles, and labor conditions of Mexican and Mexican American farmworkers in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
nonfiction book
about U.S. agricultural labor system
discrimination against Mexican and Mexican American workers
farmworker family life
farmworker housing conditions
migration from Mexico to the United States
organizing efforts among farmworkers
power relations in agribusiness
aimsTo criticize injustices in agricultural labor
raise awareness of farmworker conditions
author Ernesto Galarza NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts economic insecurity of farmworkers
exploitation of migrant labor
seasonal nature of farm work
ethnicFocus Mexican American workers
Mexican workers
focusesOn economic struggles of farmworkers
lives of Mexican American farmworkers
lives of Mexican farmworkers
political struggles of farmworkers
social struggles of farmworkers
working conditions in U.S. agriculture
genre labor studies literature
nonfiction
hasPerspective Mexican American civil rights perspective
labor activist perspective
hasTheme community resilience
economic injustice
labor exploitation
labor organizing
migration and displacement
racial and ethnic inequality
struggle for dignity
language English
literaryPeriod 20th century
mainSubject Mexican American farmworkers in the United States
Mexican farmworkers in the United States
agricultural labor conditions
farmworker exploitation
labor rights
migrant labor
social justice
relatedTo Chicano studies NERFINISHED
Mexican American civil rights movement NERFINISHED
labor history of the United States
setIn United States farms
rural agricultural communities

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Ernesto Galarza notableWork Spiders in the House and Workers in the Field