Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland PDF
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Meatpacking America This page intentionally left blank Meatpacking America How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland Kristy Nabhan- Warren The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill © 2021 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Designed by April Leidig Set in Arno by Copperline Book Services, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Cover photograph by Kristy Nabhan-Warren Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Nabhan-Warren, Kristy, author. Title: Meatpacking America : how migration, work, and faith unite and divide the heartland / Kristy Nabhan-Warren. Description: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2021003645 | ISBN 9781469663487 (cloth ; alk. paper) | ISBN 9781469663494 (paperback ; alk. paper) | ISBN 9781469663500 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Immigrants—Religious life—West North Central States. | Americans—Religious life—West North Central States. | West North Central States—Social life and customs—21st century. | West North Central States—Religious life and customs—21st century. | West North Central States—Economic conditions—21st century. | West North Central States— Race relations. Classification: LCC F355 .N33 2021 | DDC 305.800977—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021003645 For Steve This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Introduction. Rosa: Journeying to the Dream 1 1 Homemaking 11 2 Rural Faith Encounters 47 3 Snapshots of Rural Priests 73 4 The Work of God and Hogs 89 5 Cattle: Steered by Faith 135 6 In the Belly of the Beast 171 7 Fulfilling Dreams 195 8 Reyna: Staying for the Dream 209 Acknowledgments 219 Notes 225 Index 243 This page intentionally left blank Illustrations Corinne and Urban Hargrafen, 1947. 16 Urban and Jean Hargrafen, 1949. 18 Lois and Tim Mincks, 1983. 42 Alternative to the traditional “Just Married” sign. 42 Hargrafen family birthday celebration, 1957. 44 Father Joseph Sia, 2017. 49 Rural Iowa CAFO, 2020. 59 Downtown Columbus Junction. 91 Tyson, Columbus Junction. 96 Maurice Batubenga, Tyson employee, 2017. 119 Virgin of Guadalupe celebration at St. Joseph parish, Columbus Junction, 2017. 126 Iowa Premium Beef, Tama, Iowa, 2020. 139
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