4-H Harvest - Sexuality and the State in Rural America

Informationen zum Autor Gabriel N. Rosenberg teaches women's studies at Duke University. Klappentext Gabriel N. Rosenberg argues that public acceptance of the political economy of agribusiness hinged on federal efforts to normalize rural heterosexuality. Zusammenfassung Gabriel N. Rosenberg argues that public acceptance of the political economy of agribusiness hinged on federal efforts to normalize rural heterosexuality. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Abbreviations Introduction. Signs of the State Chapter 1. Agrarian Futurism, Rural Degeneracy, and the Origins of 4-H Chapter 2. Financial Intimacy and Rural Manhood Chapter 3. 4-H Body Politics in the 1920s Chapter 4. Conserving Farm and Family in New Deal 4-H Chapter 5. Citizenship and Difference in Wartime 4-H Chapter 6. International 4-H in the Cold War Epilogue. Future Farmers of Afghanistan: Agrarian Futurism at the Twilight of Empire Notes Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Gabriel N Rosenberg, Gabriel N. Rosenberg
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9780812247534
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4753-4
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Politics and Culture in Modern; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous