New farming masculinities: 'More than just shit-kickers', we're 'switched-on' farmers wanting to 'balance lifestyle, sustainability and coin'

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-103

  Coldwell, Ian ^a,b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dialogue; Masculinity; Monologue; Reflexivity; Social conditions; Sustainable farming

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847005456     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1440783307073936     Document Type: Article

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