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Women in International and Universal Exhibitions, 1876-1937 (Paperback)
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Women in International and Universal Exhibitions, 1876-1937 (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History
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This book argues for the importance of bringing women and gender
more directly into the dynamic field of exposition studies.
Reclaiming women for the history of world fairs (1876-1937), it
also seeks to introduce new voices into these studies, dialoguing
across disciplinary and national historiographies. From the outset,
women participated not only as spectators, but also as artists,
writers, educators, artisans and workers, without figuring among
the organizers of international exhibitions until the 20th century.
Their presence became more pointedly acknowledged as feminist
movements developed within the Western World and specific spaces
dedicated to women's achievements emerged. International
exhibitions emerged as showcases of "modernity" and "progress," but
also as windows onto the foreign, the different, the unexpected and
the spectacular. As public rituals of celebration, they transposed
national ceremonies and protests onto an international stage. For
spectators, exhibitions brought the world home; for organizers, the
entire world was a fair. Women were actors and writers of the fair
narrative, although acknowledgment of their contribution was uneven
and often ephemeral. Uncovering such silence highlights how
gendered the triumphant history of modernity was, and reveals the
ways women as a category engaged with modern life within that
quintessential modern space-the world fair.
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