Troubled fields men, emotions, and the crisis in American farming
In Oklahoma in the 1980's and 1990's, suicide-not accident as previously assumed-was the leading cause of agricultural fatalities among farmers. Men were five times more likely to die by suicide than by accident. What was causing these men-but not women-to want to kill themselves? Ramírez-...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press
c2005.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798135106719 |
| Sumario: | In Oklahoma in the 1980's and 1990's, suicide-not accident as previously assumed-was the leading cause of agricultural fatalities among farmers. Men were five times more likely to die by suicide than by accident. What was causing these men-but not women-to want to kill themselves? Ramírez-Ferrero suggests that the root causes lie not in purely economic or personal factors but rather in the processes of modernization. He shows how cultural and social changes have a dramatic effect on men's identities as providers, stewards, and community members. Using emotions and gender as modes of analysis, he locates these men's stories in the wider context of American history, agricultural economics and politics, capitalism, and Christianity. |
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| Notas: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (235 p.) Issued also in print |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-210) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283008396 9786613008398 9780231503631 |
