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The repetitiously daunting nature of nineteenth-century female agricultural labour is illuminated by consideration of the male-oriented but sympathetic exposition of the question in Hardy and Jefferies. The chapter lays bare the class and gender issues implicit in such writing.
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Ebbatson, R. (2016). Repetitious Labour: Women in the Field. In: Landscapes of Eternal Return. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32838-6_6
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