Keynote Address - Scratching Out a Living: How the Poultry Industry’s ‘Hispanic Project’ Transformed Mississippi
Document Type
Event
Start Date
19-3-2026 2:00 PM
Venue
The Depot (101 Depot Street, Oxford MS 38655)
Abstract
Angela Stuesse is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her book, Scratching Out a Living, explores how the Mississippi poultry industry’s cultivation of a precarious labor force has transformed communities and prospects for worker organizing. Her current project, #FreeDany, explores US immigration policy across the twenty-first century through the life story of one Mississippi Dreamer.
Relational Format
Conference proceeding
Recommended Citation
Stuesse, Angela, "Keynote Address - Scratching Out a Living: How the Poultry Industry’s ‘Hispanic Project’ Transformed Mississippi" (2026). SEC Spanish Consortium Conference. 8.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/secspanish_conference/2026/schedule/8
Keynote Address - Scratching Out a Living: How the Poultry Industry’s ‘Hispanic Project’ Transformed Mississippi
The Depot (101 Depot Street, Oxford MS 38655)
Angela Stuesse is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her book, Scratching Out a Living, explores how the Mississippi poultry industry’s cultivation of a precarious labor force has transformed communities and prospects for worker organizing. Her current project, #FreeDany, explores US immigration policy across the twenty-first century through the life story of one Mississippi Dreamer.