Alisha Adelman

The Grass Ceiling: Gender Dynamics and Social Relations of Production in Humboldt's Marijuana Industry Alisha Adelman

This book examines gender dynamics and labor division in California's Humboldt County marijuana cultivation industry. The research and findings primarily focus on women's roles from an economic and domestic perspective and the dynamics of families working in this controversial sector. Intersectional feminism and theories of stigma management provide the analytical framework for this paper. This thesis fills a critical research gap regarding women's identities in the cultivation industry in relation to mainstream perspectives of women's economic autonomy.