“Our Poverty has No Shame; the Stomach has No Shame, so We Migrate Seasonally”: Women Sugarcane Cutters from Maharashtra, India
During the season of sugarcane cutting, men and women seasonally migrate toward the sugar belt. Drought conditions in their native districts are always highlighted as the reasons for seasonal migration. However, existing literature on sugarcane cutters emphasizes that mostly poor, lower caste, land...
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Language: | English |
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Brandeis University Library
2023-10-01
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Series: | Caste |
Online Access: | https://journals.library.brandeis.edu/index.php/caste/article/view/604 |