Writing Gender History (Paperback, New Edition - 2nd Edition)

How has feminist scholarship changed history? Writing Gender History explores the evolution of historical writing about women and gender from the 1930s until the early twenty-first century. With chapters on the history of Europe, the USA, colonial India and Africa, the disucssion moves from women's history to gender history, and then to poststructuralist challenges to that history. This revised edition includes an exciting new chapter looking at recent scholarship on race, gender and sexuality in colonial and transnational history, and on the history of the body. Highly accessibly but also encouraging new debate, this book provides students with a comprehensive understanding of gender history, as well as its possible future. Reviews of the first edition: '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, Professor of American History, Harvard University. '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...Sure to be seen as a landmark in the development of the field of history in the broadest sense.' Lynn Hunt, Professor of Modern European History, UCLA.

General

Imprint:	Hodder Arnold
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Writing History
Release date:	March 2010
First published:	March 2010
Authors:	Laura Lee Downs
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
Edition:	New Edition - 2nd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-340-97516-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography
LSN:	0-340-97516-4
Barcode:	9780340975169

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