The rural is deeply affected by and intertwined with globalization, but this is often rendered invisible in popular culture. Bosma's dissertation examines how Dutch literature, film, and television imagines the contemporary rural, specifically to what extent it obscures or makes apparent the impact of globalization, including colonial legacies, capitalist extraction, environmental harm, the exploitation of migrant labor, racism, and disinvestment, on rural areas. A particular focus is on how rural imaginations that lean on idyllic and authentic ruralities tend to gravitate towards supporting traditional power structures and xenophobia and as such have the potential to foster the emergence of extreme right populist and white supremacist politics.