Writing Women’s History: International Perspectives

Writing Women’s History: International Perspectives
ISBN-10
1349215120
ISBN-13
9781349215126
Category
Social Science
Pages
552
Language
English
Published
1991-08-23
Publisher
Springer
Authors
Karen M. Offen, Jane Rendall, Ruth Roach Pierson

Description

Five essays address such themes as the relationship between feminist history and women's history, the use of the concept of "experience", the development of the history of gender, demographic history and women's history and the importance of post-structuralism to women's history.

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