Farming Women

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Sarah Whatmore

   Pages 1-11

3. Family Farming

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   Pages 12-27

4. A Feminist Reconstruction

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   Pages 28-45

5. Theory into Practice

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   Pages 46-64

6. Women’s Work and Property

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   Pages 65-85

7. ‘Being the Farmer’s Wife’

   • Sarah Whatmore

   Pages 86-104

8. The Domestic Political Economy of Six Family Farms

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   Pages 105-138

9. Conclusions

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   Pages 139-148

10. Back Matter

    Pages 149-189

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This book presents a feminist critique and reconstruction of the political economy of contemporary family farming at a time when the significance of household and kinship to the organisation of production and work in advanced industrial countries is being more widely reassessed. Focusing on the social construction of women as 'farm wives', the book challenges the prevailing invisibility of women in farming and segregated analysis of home and work.

• feminism
• gender
• organization
• women

• University of Bristol, UK

  Sarah Whatmore

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