Natural Beauty. Issue 2 (20th November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Benson, Peter
• Is Part Of: Journal for the anthropology of North America. Volume 22:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 90
• Page End: 92
• Publication Date: 2019-11-20
• Subjects: affect -- queer studies -- agrarian studies -- animal studies -- romance; Ethnology -- North America -- Periodicals; Ethnology; North America; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 305.8
• DOI: 10.1002/nad.12111
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2475-5389

Abstract

Abstract: This is a story of young love. A boy raised on baseball near the Bronx meets a farm girl who works and rides. Dorm days and nights are alternative music and playing hooky. Summer trips to the farm get him hooked. Set across a culture of higher education, this work of creative nonfiction with a soundtrack describes intimacies of cattle farming, horseback riding, campus life, and domesticity. About natural and cultural aesthetics, it is also an almanac entry for agrarian queerness and immense alternatives.