“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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Main Author: Saroj Shinde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brandeis University Library 2023-10-01
Series:Caste
Online Access:https://journals.library.brandeis.edu/index.php/caste/article/view/604