Gendered Rural Spaces
Contributor(s)
Olsson, Pia (editor)
Ruotsala, Helena (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
Rural spaces are connected with different cultural, economic, social and political codes and meanings. In this book these meanings are analysed trough gender. The articles concretely show the process of producing gender and the ways in which accepted gender-based behaviour has been constructed at different times and in different groups. Discussion of gendered spaces leads to wider questions such as power relations and displacement in society. The changing rural processes are analysed on the micro level, and the focus is set on how these changes affect people’s everyday lives. Answers are looked for questions like how are individuals responding to these changes? What are their strategies, solutions and tactics? How have they experienced the change process?
Keywords
mental pictures; rural culture; masculinity; countryside; rural environment; gender research; Entrepreneurship; Finland; Peasant; ReindeerDOI
10.21435/sfe.12ISBN
9789522228024;9789522228031OCN
1030817579Publisher
Finnish Literature Society / SKSPublication date and place
Helsinki, Finland, 2009Series
Studia Fennica Ethnologica, 12Classification
Collected biographies
History
Rural communities
Gender studies, gender groups
Education