Always an outlaw: Daughters-in-law on Australian family farms

This article explores the position of women as daughters-in-law on family farms in Australia. The significance of this focus relates to the fact that family farming continues to be the main form of agricultural operation in most western countries. Women typically come to farming through marriage, me...

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Main Author: Pini, Barbara
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42729
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description This article explores the position of women as daughters-in-law on family farms in Australia. The significance of this focus relates to the fact that family farming continues to be the main form of agricultural operation in most western countries. Women typically come to farming through marriage, meaning that most experience being a 'daughter-in-law' on a family farm. Drawing on notions of subjectivity, discourse and agency, the article explores the meanings and experiences connected with the identity of 'daughter-in-law' on family farms. The article concludes by speculating on how shifts in gender and agricultural discourses may destabilize the traditional identity of 'daughter-in-law' within family farming as well as by considering the implications of such a destabilization.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-427292017-09-13T14:24:47Z Always an outlaw: Daughters-in-law on Australian family farms Pini, Barbara This article explores the position of women as daughters-in-law on family farms in Australia. The significance of this focus relates to the fact that family farming continues to be the main form of agricultural operation in most western countries. Women typically come to farming through marriage, meaning that most experience being a 'daughter-in-law' on a family farm. Drawing on notions of subjectivity, discourse and agency, the article explores the meanings and experiences connected with the identity of 'daughter-in-law' on family farms. The article concludes by speculating on how shifts in gender and agricultural discourses may destabilize the traditional identity of 'daughter-in-law' within family farming as well as by considering the implications of such a destabilization. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42729 10.1016/j.wsif.2006.12.008 Elsevier Ltd restricted
spellingShingle Pini, Barbara
Always an outlaw: Daughters-in-law on Australian family farms
title Always an outlaw: Daughters-in-law on Australian family farms
title_full Always an outlaw: Daughters-in-law on Australian family farms
title_fullStr Always an outlaw: Daughters-in-law on Australian family farms
title_full_unstemmed Always an outlaw: Daughters-in-law on Australian family farms
title_short Always an outlaw: Daughters-in-law on Australian family farms
title_sort always an outlaw: daughters-in-law on australian family farms
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42729