Writing Gender History - Brossura

Downs, Laura Lee

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0340807962 ISBN 13: 9780340807965

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury USA Academic, 2004

Riassunto

How has feminist scholarship changed history? At the beginning of the twenty-first century, it is clear that scholars no longer imagine that it is possible to write history, whether of the political, military, social, economic, or intellectual varieties, without taking gender into account. Downs's book explores the evolution of historical writing about women and gender from the 1930s until the early twenty-first century. The discussion moves from women's history to gender history, and then to poststructuralist challenges to women's and gender history. Designed to be accessible to students, discussion focuses neither on abstract theory nor on historiography per se, but rather upon the practical application of theory in historical scholarship on women and gender.

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Recensione:

Downs puts the entire range of women's and gender history into context, showing how it challenges the conventional pieties, opens up new veins of research, and transforms our understanding of every aspect of history. Her command of the literature is simply astounding and her work is sure to be seen as a landmark in the development of the field of history in the broadest sense. --Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern Europea
Ingenuity and perspicuity shine through Laura Lee Downs' superb distillation and analysis of women's and gender history. To understand accomplishments and changes in the field, put this book at the top of your list. --Nancy F. Cott, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of Amer

This fills an important gap in the range of books available on historiography. I envisage that the 'case-study' approach in chapters will be useful to students i.e hopefully will encourage them to read the texts featured.)

--(Dr Anne Logan, University of Kent )

L'autore:

Laura Lee Downs is Director of Studies at the Centre de Recherches Historiques, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris.

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• Editore: Bloomsbury USA Academic
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0340807962
• ISBN 13: 9780340807965
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 209