Picnics, potlucks and cookbooks : farm women's clubs and the livelihood of community in twentieth century Southern Alberta

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dc.contributor.authorMcNab, Tracy
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorNewberry, Janice C.
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-15T17:45:20Z
dc.date.available2011-06-15T17:45:20Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionvi, 141 leaves ; 29 cm.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the collective labour and resources utilized by farm women within the context of the farm women’s neighbourhood club in rural communities in twentieth century Southern Alberta. The ethnographic research explores the historic, cultural and political foundations of women’s labour on farms and in formal and informal farm organizations through interviews conducted with former members of two clubs that were actively involved in fundraising and philanthropic projects in their rural communities for more than forty-five years. The critical perspective argues farm women in rural clubs responded to the patriarchal farm discourse that gendered their labour by using their reproductive skills and resources to build and maintain friendships, social networks and mutuality, and do good works that ensured the livelihood of their rural communities.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/1297
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Anthropology, c2009en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Anthropologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectWomen in agriculture -- Alberta, Southernen_US
dc.subjectRural women -- Alberta, Southern -- Societies and clubsen_US
dc.subjectFarm life -- Alberta, Southernen_US
dc.subjectAgriculture -- Alberta, Southernen_US
dc.subjectWomen in charitable work -- Alberta, Southern -- Societies and clubsen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titlePicnics, potlucks and cookbooks : farm women's clubs and the livelihood of community in twentieth century Southern Albertaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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