The Power Plays of Identities on Commercial Farms in Zimbabwe: "Law and Gender" in Southern Africa Revisited

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  • Blair Rutherford University of Regina

Abstract

This article raises questions about the heuristic and political effects of "normalizing" sociological identities, the state and space through discussing gendered identities on commercial farms in Hurungwe District, Zimbabwe. It discusses how the various "interests" of men and women farm workers cannot be "read" off their gender but must be situated within the jural identities that have emerged within the specific legal space of commercial farms. Through approaching farm workers this way, it is suggested that academic studies and political interventions can better understand the jural identities and power relations involved on the commercial farms and in our own representations.

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Author Biography

Blair Rutherford, University of Regina

Blair Rutherford is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Regina. He received his doctorate from McGill University in 1996, carrying out research on the politics of resource access for commercial farm workers in Zimbabwe. He recently was a consultant at the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa, carrying out research on the role of civil society organizations in social development.

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Published

2022-06-07

How to Cite

Rutherford, B. (2022). The Power Plays of Identities on Commercial Farms in Zimbabwe: "Law and Gender" in Southern Africa Revisited. Anthropologica, 39(1-2), 105–112. Retrieved from https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/2056

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1-2 (1997)

Section

Fictions of Law

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