Author: Jenny Barker Devine
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609381491
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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On Behalf of the Family Farm traces the development of women’s activism and agrarian feminisms in the Midwest after 1945, as farm women’s lives were being transformed by the realities of modern agriculture. Author Jenny Barker Devine demonstrates that in an era when technology, depopulation, and rapid economic change dramatically altered rural life, midwestern women met these challenges with their own feminine vision of farm life. Their “agrarian feminisms” offered an alternative to, but not necessarily a rejection of, second-wave feminism. Focusing on women in four national farm organizations in Iowa—the Farm Bureau, the Farmers Union, the National Farm Organization, and the Porkettes—Devine highlights specific moments in time when farm women had to reassess their roles and strategies for preserving and improving their way of life. Rather than retreat from the male-dominated world of agribusiness and mechanized production, postwar women increasingly asserted their identities as agricultural producers and demanded access to public spaces typically reserved for men. Over the course of several decades, they developed agrarian feminisms that combined cherished rural traditions with female empowerment, cooperation, and collaboration. Iowa farm women emphasized working partnerships between husbands and wives, women’s work in agricultural production, and women’s unique ways of understanding large-scale conventional farming.
Author: Louise Irene Carbert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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"In contrast to capitalist production, farming as household production is defined by the unity of property and labour. This unity means that production is organized through kinship and divided by gender and age. In Agrarian Feminism Louise Carbert demonstrates that farm women's opinions about feminism and politics are related to their role in agricultural production." "Farming involves a certain egalitarianism among family members. But the tensions that characterize all families are especially pronounced in farm households, where kinship, sexuality, and finances are closely interrelated. Farm women are not remunerated in wages driven by market forces, and their working conditions are not regulated through an employment contract subject to legislated labour codes. Instead, the terms of farm women's employment are established through marriage or cohabitation. The unity of work and family relations may account for the marked caution of farm women's feminist demands amid calls to save the family farm." "Farm women's proven track-record at mobilizing political participation can also instruct contemporary attempts to revitalize a sense of community. Their overriding enthusiasm for community-based service work emerges as both a collective strategy for fulfilling the larger needs of rural society and an individual strategy for personal happiness; it is simultaneously agrarian and feminist." "In Agrarian Feminism a historical review of farm women's organizations in English Canada is combined with a recent survey asking Ontario farm women for their opinions on politics, feminism, and morality."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: Louise Irene Carbert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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"In contrast to capitalist production, farming as household production is defined by the unity of property and labour. This unity means that production is organized through kinship and divided by gender and age. In Agrarian Feminism Louise Carbert demonstrates that farm women's opinions about feminism and politics are related to their role in agricultural production." "Farming involves a certain egalitarianism among family members. But the tensions that characterize all families are especially pronounced in farm households, where kinship, sexuality, and finances are closely interrelated. Farm women are not remunerated in wages driven by market forces, and their working conditions are not regulated through an employment contract subject to legislated labour codes. Instead, the terms of farm women's employment are established through marriage or cohabitation. The unity of work and family relations may account for the marked caution of farm women's feminist demands amid calls to save the family farm." "Farm women's proven track-record at mobilizing political participation can also instruct contemporary attempts to revitalize a sense of community. Their overriding enthusiasm for community-based service work emerges as both a collective strategy for fulfilling the larger needs of rural society and an individual strategy for personal happiness; it is simultaneously agrarian and feminist." "In Agrarian Feminism a historical review of farm women's organizations in English Canada is combined with a recent survey asking Ontario farm women for their opinions on politics, feminism, and morality."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: Archana Pasad
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788195839438
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This book advances contemporary debates on the evolution of patriarchal institutions in agrarian transitions and the struggles for women's liberation today. It focuses on the complexities of agrarian transitions in the Global South and the crisis of social reproduction especially under neoliberalism. It sheds new light on feminist struggles over land, labour, and social reproduction, and enriches our understanding of popular movements and women's struggles for emancipation across the rural-urban divide. The chapters offer empirical and theoretical contributions on gender relations in class formation in combination with race, caste and other contradictions. They critically examine the participation of women and the role of women's leadership in historical and contemporary struggles, including anti-racist, anti-caste, and anti-imperialist struggles.
Author: Carolyn Sachs
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609384156
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 215
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A profound shift is occurring among women working in agriculture - they are increasingly seeing themselves as farmers, not only as the wives or daughters of farmers. In this book, farm women in the northeastern United States describe how they got into farming and became successful entrepreneurs despite the barriers they encountered in agricultural institutions, farming communities, and even their own families. The authors' feminist agrifood systems theory (FAST) values women's ways of knowing and working in agriculture and has the potential to shift how farmers, agricultural professionals, and anyone else interested in farming think about gender and sustainability, as well as to change how feminist scholars and theorists think about agriculture.--COVER.
Author: Jenny Barker Devine
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 160938170X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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On Behalf of the Family Farm traces the development of women’s activism and agrarian feminisms in the Midwest after 1945, as farm women’s lives were being transformed by the realities of modern agriculture. Author Jenny Barker Devine demonstrates that in an era when technology, depopulation, and rapid economic change dramatically altered rural life, midwestern women met these challenges with their own feminine vision of farm life. Their “agrarian feminisms” offered an alternative to, but not necessarily a rejection of, second-wave feminism. Focusing on women in four national farm organizations in Iowa—the Farm Bureau, the Farmers Union, the National Farm Organization, and the Porkettes—Devine highlights specific moments in time when farm women had to reassess their roles and strategies for preserving and improving their way of life. Rather than retreat from the male-dominated world of agribusiness and mechanized production, postwar women increasingly asserted their identities as agricultural producers and demanded access to public spaces typically reserved for men. Over the course of several decades, they developed agrarian feminisms that combined cherished rural traditions with female empowerment, cooperation, and collaboration. Iowa farm women emphasized working partnerships between husbands and wives, women’s work in agricultural production, and women’s unique ways of understanding large-scale conventional farming.
Author: Carolyn E Sachs
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429973438
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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This book aims to expand feminist theory to include the study of rural women, while recognizing that many rural women no longer depend exclusively on agriculture or the land for their livelihoods. It emphasizes the depth and value of women's knowledge with the natural environment.
Author: Susie Jacobs
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135244383
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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The redistribution of land has profound implications for women and for gender relations; however, gender issues have been marginalised from both theoretical and policy discussions of agrarian reform. This book presents an overview of gender and agrarian reform experiences globally. Jacobs highlights case studies from Latin America, Asia, Africa and eastern Europe and also compares agrarian and land reforms organised along collective lines as well as along individual household lines. This volume will be of interest to scholars in Geography, Women’s Studies, and Economics.
Author: Marie Maman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136513086
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 301
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First published in 1996. In what ways have women contributed to agriculture? To what extent have scholars addressed these contributions in the professional literature? What has been the impact of gender in agricultural policy and economic development? What is the status of gender equity in the division of farm labor and in agricultural education? Such questions are raised by students and researchers worldwide who seek documentation which focuses on these vital topics. The purpose of this bibliography is, therefore, to synthesize this unique widely dispersed information in one volume, to assist researchers, faculty, and students in expediting the research process.
Author: Carolyn Sachs
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609384164
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 215
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A profound shift is occurring among women working in agriculture—they are increasingly seeing themselves as farmers, not only as the wives or daughters of farmers. The authors draw on more than a decade of research to document and analyze the reasons for the transformation. As their sense of identity changes, many female farmers are challenging the sexism they face in their chosen profession. In this book, farm women in the northeastern United States describe how they got into farming and became successful entrepreneurs despite the barriers they encountered in agricultural institutions, farming communities, and even their own families. Their strategies for obtaining land and labor and developing successful businesses offer models for other aspiring farmers. Pulling down the barriers that women face requires organizations and institutions to become informed by what the authors call a feminist agrifood systems theory (FAST). This framework values women’s ways of knowing and working in agriculture: emphasizing personal, economic, and environmental sustainability, creating connections through the food system, and developing networks that emphasize collaboration and peer-to-peer education. The creation and growth of a specific organization, the Pennsylvania Women’s Agricultural Network, offers a blueprint for others seeking to incorporate a feminist agrifood systems approach into agricultural programming. The theory has the potential to shift how farmers, agricultural professionals, and anyone else interested in farming think about gender and sustainability, as well as to change how feminist scholars and theorists think about agriculture.
