Rural spaces are connected with different cultural, economic, social and
political codes and meanings. In this book these meanings are analysed
through gender. The articles concretely show the process of producing
gender and the ways in which accepted gender-based behaviour has been
constructed at different times and in different groups. Discussion of
gendered spaces leads to wider questions such as power relations and
displacement in society. The changing rural processes are analysed on
the micro level, and the focus is set on how these changes affect
people's everyday lives. Answers are looked for questions like how are
individuals responding to these changes? What are their strategies,
solutions and tactics? How have they experienced the change process?