Queer Farmers: Sexuality and the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture.
Intimate relationships are foundational to farm viability. They affect how farmers share tasks, earn income, and access land, yet the role of sexuality and heteronormativity in agriculture remains understudied. Furthermore, queer people are largely ignored as potential farmers by the sustainable agr...
| Publicado en: | Rural Sociology Vol. 82; no. 4; pp. 747 - 772 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2017
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