Category Archives: Conferences
Cowgirls and the Discourses of Patriarchy and Feminism in Country/Western Music
Connecting the cultural significance of cowgirls with an analysis of country music history. Continue reading
Gender, Rurality and Imaginary for National and Commercial Purposes
My interest for the portrayal of rural life and culture has been awakened by researching the late 19 C worries about the extinction of long lived national cultures in many European countries. Continue reading
Pioneer Mother Monuments and the All-American Family
In the months leading up to the “Big Berks” conference, we will be highlighting research on rural women that will be presented at that conference. This week, we share an abstract from a session focused on rural women, “The Rural Imaginary in Popular Culture.” Continue reading
Rural Cambodian Women as the Recipients of Education and NGO Focus
Few Cambodian women, especially those from rural areas, have been able to reach positions of leadership in the workforce or government. Continue reading
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Tagged activism, Cambodia, conferences, education, NGOs, poverty
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Women on the Texas Frontier
When we include the native women, the Tejanas, the Germans, and the many women of multiple nationalities who migrated to rural areas to stand by their men, or to stand without a man, how does that revise the perception of male Anglo-dominated glory and legendary heroes? Continue reading
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Tagged frontier, historical memory, history, Texas
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Rurality, Feminism, and Appalachia: Possibilities and Prospects for Appalachian Feminism and Interorganizational Collaboration
What is Appalachian feminism? Continue reading
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Tagged activism, Appalachia, feminism, RWSA conference, sociology
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