gendered representations in Hawai'i's anti-GMO activism

• Published in: Feminist review Vol. 114; no. 1; pp. 48 - 71
• Main Author: Shaw, Amanda
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Sage Publications Ltd 01.11.2016
• Subjects: Activism; Activists; Agriculture; Broadcasting; Disputes; Environmental movements; Ethnography; Femininity; Food; Gender; Genetically modified organisms; Identification; Indigenous peoples; Intersectionality; Land; Mass media; Mass media images; Mothers; Norms; Production; Protest movements; Sexes

The aim of this article is to analyse some of the representations of intersectional gender that materialise in activism against genetically modified organisms (GMOs). It uses the case of Hawai'i as a key node in global transgenic seed production and hotspot for food, land and farming controvers...