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Catherine Carstairs (Ed.) - Feminist History in Canada: New Essays on Women, Gender, Work, and Nation - 9780774826198 - V9780774826198
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Feminist History in Canada: New Essays on Women, Gender, Work, and Nation

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Description for Feminist History in Canada: New Essays on Women, Gender, Work, and Nation Hardback. This new collection of original research demonstrates the continued relevance of the feminist history project in Canada. Editor(s): Carstairs, Catherine; Janovicek, Nancy. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.

In the late 1970s, feminist historians urged us to “rethink” Canada by placing women’s experiences at the centre of historical analysis. Forty years later, feminism continues to inform history writing and has inspired historians to look beyond the nation and adopt a more global perspective.

This exciting new volume of original essays opens with a discussion of the themes and methodological approaches that have preoccupied historians over the past twenty years. The chapters that follow showcase the work of new and established scholars who draw on critical race theory, postcolonial theory, and transnational history to re-examine familiar topics such as biography ... Read more

Whether they focus on the marriage of Governor James Douglas and his Metis wife, Amelia, or on the experiences of Québécois domestic workers in the 1970s, the contributors demonstrate the continued relevance of history informed by feminist perspectives and open a much-needed dialogue between francophone and anglophone historians in Canada.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774826198
SKU
V9780774826198
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Catherine Carstairs (Ed.)
Catherine Carstairs teaches history at the University of Guelph. She is the author of Jailed for Possession: Illegal Drug Use, Regulation and Power in Canada, 1920-1961 (2006). Nancy Janovicek teaches history at the University of Calgary. She is the author of No Place to Go: Local Histories of the Battered Women’s Shelter Movement (UBC Press, 2007).

Reviews for Feminist History in Canada: New Essays on Women, Gender, Work, and Nation
... a thoughtful, well-written and ultimately convincing compilation of essays composed by leading scholars who have forever shaped the fields of women's and gender history in Canada ... this collection evocatively features works that demonstrate the important contributions women have made to the economic, social and cultural realm of Canada. With a strong focus on biography, the authors present a ... Read more

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