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Gender and Change: Agency, Chronology and Periodisation
Alexandra Shepard
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Description for Gender and Change: Agency, Chronology and Periodisation
Paperback. Celebrates 20 years of the publication of the journal Gender & History Features essays by leading scholars in the fields of women's history and gender history Reflects the extent to which gender analysis suggests alternatives to conventional periodisation. Editor(s): Shepard, Alexandra; Walker, Garthine. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 440.
Through a collection of essays by leading scholars on women's history and gender history, Gender and Change: Agency, Chronology and Periodisation questions conventional chronologies while reassessing the relationship between gender, agency, continuity and change.
Through a collection of essays by leading scholars on women's history and gender history, Gender and Change: Agency, Chronology and Periodisation questions conventional chronologies while reassessing the relationship between gender, agency, continuity and change.
- Celebrates 20 years of the publication of the journal Gender & History
- Reflects the extent to which gender analysis suggests alternatives to conventional periodisation. For example, whether the European Renaissance can be classified as the same period of great cultural advance when viewed from the perspective of women
- Offers innovative historiographical and theoretical reflection on approaches to gender, agency, and change
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Gender and History Special Issues
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405192279
SKU
V9781405192279
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Ref
99-50
About Alexandra Shepard
Alexandra Shepard teaches Early Modern History at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of several articles on the history of masculinity and Meanings of Manhood in Early Modern England (2003). Garthine Walker is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Cardiff. She has published on various aspects of gender and crime and is the author of ... Read more
Reviews for Gender and Change: Agency, Chronology and Periodisation
"This edited collection of essays, published to mark the 20th anniversary of the journal Gender and History, is a welcome and timely reminder of the way in which gender and women's history has successfully challenged historical orthodoxies . . .This book presents an at times quite staggering breath of historical coverage and debate bringing to light new and diverse histories ... Read more