The gendering of farming and agricultural politics: A matter of discourse and power

Australian Geographer

Volumn 29, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS. 1, 1998, Pages 371-388

  Liepins, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Discourse; Femininities; Gender; Masculinities; Seriality; Women in agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; GENDER ROLE; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POWER RELATIONS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032469756     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049189808703230     Document Type: Article

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