Settler colonialism, neoliberal feminism and the 'white middle-class farming woman' in Australia.
This article examines how white middle class farming women are woven into the narratives of settler colonialism in Australia. Drawing on visual and textual analyses of 150 posts from three major institutional Instagram accounts featuring Australian farming women: @invisfarmer, @agrifutures and @nsw_...
| Publicado en: | Postcolonial Studies Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 37 - 55 |
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