Work, struggle, death, and geographies of justice: The transformation of landscape in and beyond California's Imperial Valley

Don Mitchell

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Abstract

This paper examines the relation between labor, social struggle, and circulation (of capital and bodies) in the production of landscapes. Focusing on California's Imperial Valley and the stark relation there between living labor and dead laborers, and thus between the transformation of nature (the subject of labor) and systems of social reproduction, the paper examines the ways in which the real material conditions for justice - and injustice - are actively built into the ground.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)559-577
Number of pages19
JournalLandscape Research
Volume32
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2007

Keywords

  • Agriculture
  • California
  • Justice
  • Labor
  • Violence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • General Environmental Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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