The Role Of Globalization In Tropic Of Orange

That being the case, the “book was written in a political context where the benefits of globalization were overly hyped by boosters and economic elites, and among intense xenophobia, which saw immigrants as over utilizing ‘American’ resources” (Adamson 169). Equally important, Tropic of Orange criticizes corporate globalization, where labor workers and environmental protection are seen as an unnecessary added cost, given the “global geography” and division of labor (Yamashita 204). Sue Lee, the author of “We Are Not the World,” proclaims that, “Yamashita’s critique of corporate globalization is represented by key objects: oranges, human body parts, and highways” (Lee 514). In other words, these disparate things described by Lee, are linked in that each is transformed into “commodities or is central” to the movement of commodities in the global market (513). Additionally, the contaminated oranges (the oranges in the title of the novel) travels from South America to Los Angeles. In regards to this, Rafaela’s child is kidnapped, for what might be a smuggling operation. Meanwhile, El Gran Mojado travels from Mexico to Los Angeles for the “ultimate wrestling championship” fight with a wrestler named “Supernafta” (Yamashita 132-33).