Of Cows and Women: Gendered Human-Animal Relationships in Finnish Agriculture

In the Nordic countries, the tending of cattle was regarded as women’s work in agrarian culture. This was also the case in Finland, where the gendered division of labor on farms was fairly strict until the mid-20th century. The purpose of this article is to discuss the gendered representations of an...

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Main Author: Taija Kaarlenkaski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LED Edizioni Universitarie 2014-11-01
Series:Relations
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Online Access:http://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Relations/article/view/669