Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Rural Midwest
The Story So Far
Short impact summary
"Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Rural Midwest" has made notable contributions to both scholarly inquiry and public awareness about LGBTQ+ lives in rural settings, as evidenced by its strong commercial linkage visible on platforms like Amazon and Goodreads.
Full narrative
"Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Rural Midwest," published by The University of Wisconsin Press in 1998, has garnered substantial attention within academic circles and beyond. The book holds a significant place in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) studies, focusing on the complex identities of gay men in rural America. It has a recorded citation count of 25, indicating a robust scholarly uptake of its themes and findings.
Despite lacking online mentions on social platforms such as Wikipedia and Reddit, the book demonstrates a considerable commercial presence. Its visibility on major retail sites indicates a sustained interest in its content. This aligns with a trend in literature where works focusing on marginalized identities often find an audience that extends beyond academia.
The work's contributions extend into discussions about sustainability and policy relevance, given that it intersects with one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasizing the increasing recognition of LGBTQ+ issues in rural contexts. This relevance speaks to broader societal conversations surrounding inclusion and representation, particularly within agricultural communities.
Overall, "Farm Boys" stands out as a pivotal resource for researchers and activists alike, offering insights into the lives of gay men that challenge prevailing stereotypes. Its lasting influence, as reflected in its citations and commercial presence, underscores the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to understanding LGBTQ+ experiences within the framework of American rural life.
Impact metrics
- Total Citations (OpenAlex): 25
- Total Online mentions (Crossref & Open Web): 0
- Downloads (OAPEN / OPERAS): 9175
- Citation context (scite): 1
Inferred roles
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Access Availability
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/HNAL9672
- OA status: Gold
- OAPEN Library: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/64129
- DOAB: https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/112246
Attention landscape Event Data
This work has 0 recorded events globally
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Reader reception Books
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- Commercial: Amazon · Goodreads
Citation context scite
- Total: 1
- Supporting: 0
- Mentioning: 1
- Contradicting: 0
Who is citing this work? OpenAlex
52.0% of these citations come from the Top 10 institutions below. The median citing paper has gone on to be cited 13.0 times itself.
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Top Citing Institutions
- Arizona State University ROR (2)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison ROR (2)
- University of Illinois Chicago ROR (2)
- Columbia University ROR (1)
- Morehead State University ROR (1)
- Chicago Department of Public Health ROR (1)
- Institute for Community Health ROR (1)
- Missouri Western State University ROR (1)
- University of Wollongong ROR (1)
- South Dakota State University ROR (1)
- Citing work types: article (18) book-chapter (5) paratext (1) dissertation (1)
- Top citing venues: Presses universitaires de Rennes eBooks (4) Journal of Homosexuality (3) Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services (2) Unknown (2) Psychology and Sexuality (1)
- Top citing concepts: Gender studies (6) Sociology (6) Human sexuality (4) Narrative (4) Psychology (3) Masculinity (3) Philosophy (3) Queer (2)
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Citations OpenAlex
| Year | Title | Venue | DOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Rural location and exposure to minority stress among sexual minorities in the United States | Psychology and Sexuality | 10.1080/19419899.2012.700026 |
| 2019 | Relational Agriculture: Gender, Sexuality, and Sustainability in U.S. Farming | Society & Natural Resources | 10.1080/08941920.2019.1610626 |
| 2017 | Queer Farmers: Sexuality and the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture | Rural Sociology | 10.1111/ruso.12153 |
| 2008 | “The Priest Obviously Doesn't Know That I'm Gay”: The Religious and Spiritual Journeys of Latino Gay Men | Journal of Homosexuality | 10.1080/00918360802345149 |
| 2001 | Gay Men Living in a Rural Environment | Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services | 10.1300/j041v12n03_05 |
| 2011 | “It's About Time You Came Out”: Sexualities, Mobility and Home | Antipode | 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00876.x |
| 2012 | The Careful Balance of Gender and Sexuality: Rural Gay Men, the Heterosexual Matrix, and “Effeminophobia” | Journal of Homosexuality | 10.1080/00918369.2012.648881 |
| 2007 | Out in the Cowboy State | Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services | 10.1300/j041v19n01_02 |
| 2021 | Inclusive masculinity and Czechia youth | International Sociology | 10.1177/02685809211046599 |
| 2019 | Language use before and after Stonewall: A corpus-based study of gay men’s pre-Stonewall narratives | Discourse Studies | 10.1177/1461445619887541 |
| 2025 | Burdens of Masculinity Among Heterosexual, Gay, and Bisexual Men in Turkey: More Masculine, More Conflicted, Less Satisfied | Gender Issues | 10.1007/s12147-025-09384-6 |
| 2009 | Hirschfeld to Hooker to Herek to High Schools: A Study of the History and Development of GLBT Empirical Research, Institutional Policies, and the Relationship Between the Two | Journal of Homosexuality | 10.1080/00918360903187861 |
| 2003 | We're from Oz: Marking Ethnic and Sexual Identity in Chicago | Environment and Planning D Society and Space | 10.1068/d372 |
| 2018 | Are rural Prairie masculinities hegemonic masculinities? | NORMA | 10.1080/18902138.2018.1519092 |
| 2003 | Risk and Danger among Women‐Who‐Prostitute in Areas where Farmworkers Predominate | Medical Anthropology Quarterly | 10.1525/maq.2003.17.2.251 |
| 2012 | Introduction. Pourquoi réfléchir aux coûts de la domination masculine ? | Presses universitaires de Rennes eBooks | 10.4000/books.pur.67080 |
| 2015 | Desire, belonging and absence in rural places | Rural Society | 10.1080/10371656.2015.1099263 |
| 2012 | Les limites du « rôle de sexe masculin » | Presses universitaires de Rennes eBooks | 10.4000/books.pur.67104 |
| 2012 | Opprimés et oppresseurs ? Le mauvais traitement systématique des hommes | Presses universitaires de Rennes eBooks | 10.4000/books.pur.67128 |
| 2014 | Negotiating Gay Male Christian Identities | Unknown | 10.1007/978-94-017-8718-5_3 |
| 2012 | Une psychologie communautaire des hommes et de la masculinité : revue de littérature historique et conceptuelle | Presses universitaires de Rennes eBooks | 10.4000/books.pur.67116 |
| 2022 | Diversidade de gênero e educação nas áreas rurais do Brasil | Cadernos Pagu | 10.1590/18094449202200640004 |
| 2020 | Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development | 10.5304/jafscd.2020.093.036 | |
| 2022 | “pack in. pack out. and pack your heels hunni”: Ecodrag and Ecoqueer Instagram | Media+Environment | 10.1525/001c.37272 |
| 2022 | The Bucolic, the Backwoods, and the In-Between: Navigating Desire in Atlantic Canadian Literature | Unknown | 10.22215/etd/2022-15334 |