{"product_id":"farm-labor-struggles-in-zimbabwe-the-ground-of-politics-hardback-9780253023995","title":"Farm Labor Struggles in Zimbabwe; The Ground of Politics (Hardback) 9780253023995","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFarm Labor Struggles in Zimbabwe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Ground of Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBlair Rutherford (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253023995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 December 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e294 pages, 4 b\u0026amp;w illus., 1 map - 5 Illustrations, black and white - 1 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.603 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cp\u003eFarm Labor Struggles in Zimbabwe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent ethnographic study of farmworkers in Zimbabwe and how they negotiated their belonging and carved out new livelihoods in the context of an agrarian revolution. This book should be on the shelf of anyone with an interest in land reform, farm labour, identity and belonging in Zimbabwe and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e (Africa) \u003cp\u003eIn this rich ethnography of the world of farm workers at the turn of the century, Rutherford skillfully demonstrates the entanglement of labor struggles with national politics. . . . On the whole, this work is a good contribution to agrarian studies, labor studies, and postcolonial politics in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e (African Studies Quarterly) \u003cp\u003eRecommended.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice) \u003cp\u003eThis book makes a fundamental contribution to expanding our understanding of agrarian politics in Zimbabwe.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of Southern African Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early twenty-first century, white-owned farms in Zimbabwe were subject to large-scale occupations by black urban dwellers in an increasingly violent struggle between national electoral politics, land reform, and contestations over democracy. Were the black occupiers being freed from racist bondage as cheap laborers by the state-supported massive land redistribution, or were they victims of state violence who had been denied access to their homes, social services, and jobs? Blair Rutherford examines the unequal social and power relations shaping the lives, livelihoods, and struggles of some of the farm workers during this momentous period in Zimbabwean history. His analysis is anchored in the time he spent on a horticultural farm just east of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, that was embroiled in the tumult of political violence associated with jambanja, the democratization movement. Rutherford complicates this analysis by showing that there was far more in play than political oppression by a corrupt and authoritarian regime and a movement to rectify racial and colonial land imbalances, as dominant narratives would have it. Instead, he reveals, farm worker livelihoods, access to land, gendered violence, and conflicting promises of rights and sovereignty played a more important role in the political economy of citizenship and labor than had been imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations \u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e1. \"Oppression,\" Maraiti and Farm Worker Livelihoods: Shifting Grounds in the 1990s \u003cbr\u003e2. The Traction of Rights, the Art of Politics: The Labor \"War\" at Upfumi \u003cbr\u003e3. The Drama of Politics: Dissension, Suffering, and Violence \u003cbr\u003e4. Politics and Precarious Livelihoods during the Time of Jambanja \u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Representing Labor Struggles \u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Correspondence with the President's Office\u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525042827544,"sku":"9780253023995","price":55.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/farm-labor-struggles-in-zimbabwe-the-ground-of-politics-hardback-9780253023995","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}