In this paper we assess the relationship between how women access the land they farm, and their farming identities, roles, and future succession plans. Utilizing a Bourdieusian approach, we conceptualize inheritance of farmland as a long-term process of symbolic and economic investment. We conducted a cohort analysis of women living or working on farms in Scotland, UK who (a) were or were not raised on farms; and (b) bought into or inherited agricultural land (directly or through their spouses). Data comprised on-line survey responses, qualitative interviews and focus groups. Analysis demonstrated that women who were raised on farms and either inherited farms or established new farms, were more likely to identify themselves as farmers, engage in machinery work and identify female successors. Women who accessed farmland through marriage tended to engage in more home-making tasks, to identify themselves as farmers' wives, and to occupy larger farms. These largest, potentially most viable farms thus continue to be inherited by men. However, when women inherit farms, a step change occurs, where daughters are much more likely to be identified as future successors. Enabling women raised on farms to inherit and/or establish new farms is thus critical to altering patriarchal succession cycles.

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打破父权继承周期：土地关系如何影响女性在农业中的角色☆

在本文中，我们评估了妇女如何获得其耕种的土地与其农业身份、角色和未来继承计划之间的关系。利用布迪厄方法，我们将农田继承概念化为象征性和经济投资的长期过程。我们对英国苏格兰农场生活或工作的女性进行了队列分析，她们 (a) 在或不在农场长大；(b) 购买或继承农业土地（直接或通过其配偶）。数据包括在线调查回复、定性访谈和焦点小组。分析表明，在农场长大的女性，无论是继承农场还是建立新农场，更有可能将自己视为农民，从事机械工作并确定女性继承人。通过婚姻获得农田的妇女往往会从事更多的家务劳动，将自己视为农民的妻子，并占据更大的农场。因此，这些最大、可能最有生存能力的农场继续由男性继承。然而，当女性继承农场时，就会发生一步变化，女儿更有可能被确定为未来的继承人。因此，让在农场长大的妇女能够继承和/或建立新农场对于改变父权继承周期至关重要。