| Writing Women's History Since the Renaissance 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Spongberg, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333726677 ISBN-13: 9780333726679 Publisher: Red Globe Press OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: "Writing Women's History since the Renaissance" is the first comprehensive history of women's historical writing since the 16th century, focusing particularly on the impact of feminism on history and the development of a distinctly woman-centered historiography. The book surveys the ways in which women participated in the ostensibly masculinist discipline of history before the rise of Women's Liberation, the development of "women's history" in the 1970s, debates within feminist historiography and the development of specific fields of women's history, as well as the emergence of gender as a category of historical analysis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Historiography - History | Europe - Renaissance |
| Dewey: 305.409 |
| LCCN: 2002028679 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.76" W x 8.72" (1.09 lbs) 308 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Writing Women's History since the Renaissance is the first comprehensive history of women's historical writing since the sixteenth century, focusing particularly on the impact of feminism on history and the development of a distinctly woman-centred historiography. The book surveys the ways in which women participated in the ostensibly masculinist discipline of history before the rise of Women's Liberation, the development of 'women's history' in the 1970s, debates within feminist historiography and the development of specific fields of women's history, as well as the emergence of gender as a category of historical analysis. |