Feminisms and ruralities / / edited by Barbara Pini, Berit Brandth, and Jo Little

• Pubblicazione: Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.42
• Soggetto topico: Feminism; Rural women - Social conditions; Sociology, Rural
• Persona (resp. second.): PiniBarbara; BrandthBerit <1947->; LittleJo <1958->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 Introduction; Part I: The Feminist Movement and Rural Women; 2 Putting the Community First; 3 A Rural Woman's Impact on Canadian Feminist Practice and Theory; 4 Feminism in Rural Finland; 5 Paradoxes of a Women's Organization in the Forestry Industry; 6 Gender Mainstreaming or Strategic Essentialism?; 7 Feminist Connections in and beyond the Rural; 8 The Feminist and the Cowboy; Part II: Feminist Perspectives of Rurality; 9 The Development of Feminist Perspectives in Rural Gender Studies; 10 Finding "Room to Maneuver"; 11 The Gendered Ma(i)ze of Globalization ; 12 Reflections on a Feminist Care Approach to Rural Fisheries13 Rural Queer Theory; 14 Girls' Studies in the Rural; 15 Memory Work and Reflexive Gendered Bodies; 16 Conclusion; References; Index; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: <span><span>This book aims to question, recalibrate and expand the field of rural social science by attending to the current debates in rural studies and feminist studies and by identifying possibilities for taking a rural view of feminisms and a feminist view of ruralities. </span></span>
• Titolo autorizzato: Feminisms and ruralities
• ISBN: 1-4985-0885-5; 0-7391-8822-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788049003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II