Author, as appears in the article.: Castello, Enric; Romano, Maria Jose;
Department: Estudis de Comunicació
URV's Author/s: Castelló Cogollos, Enric
Keywords: Sororidad Shepherd women Rural women Networked sisterhood Intersectionality Gender representations Gender Ecofeminism Commons Climate-change
Abstract: This article discusses the practices of representing shepherd women in Spain, who have recently become more visible. New representations challenge stereotyped concepts of gender roles and rurality in such a masculinized context as the livestock sector. One of the main arguments of the article is that shepherdesses narratives and visuals connect with the sustainable agro-social development of the economy from an ecofeminist perspective. The authors conducted a close reading of a selection of productions, including short videos and media interventions about shepherdesses. Among the conclusions, they argue that shepherdesses' media productions and interventions put women at the center of local development processes, with particular emphasis on their role and leadership qualities. Their activities promote and maintain a networked sisterhood that activates intersectional approaches in favor of alternative structures to farming and life in rural areas.
Thematic Areas: Womens studies Visual arts and performing arts Sociologia i política Información y documentación General o multidisciplinar Gender studies Comunicação e informação Communication Ciencias sociales Ciências sociais aplicadas i Ciencias humanas Arts
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: enric.castello@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-2154-2450
Record's date: 2024-08-03
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14680777.2021.1992646
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Feminist Media Studies. 23 (4): 1659-1675
APA: Castello, Enric; Romano, Maria Jose; (2023). Shepherdesses: new representations of rural women in Spain. Feminist Media Studies, 23(4), 1659-1675. DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2021.1992646
Article's DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2021.1992646
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications