Revisiting Gender in European History, 1400-1800

ISBN-13: 9781138731547 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 192 str.

Elise M. Dermineur; Asa Karlsson Sjogren; Virginia Langum

Opis

Almost exactly thirty years ago, Joan W. Scott, in a widely cited article, advocated the use of gender as a tool of historical analysis. Since then, many studies have used gender to consider the past. However, rather than developing new theories of gender that describe early modern contexts, historians often either avoid theory entirely or use gender theories which derive from particularly modern, political contexts. This book revisits the concept of gender within European History, 1400-1800. In the interest of cross-fertilization between gender and history, a selection of chapters proposes to engage with major nodes and concepts within gender theories and European history. This volume integrates contemporary theories of gender while also interrogating their relevance and their challenges when applied to different spaces and time spans. Finally, it highlights how medieval and early modern historians have contributed to strengthen, develop and theorize further the concept of gender, and what possibilities remain.

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Introduction  Elise M. Dermineur, Åsa Karlsson Sjögren and Virginia Langum  1. Anatomy of Early Modern Patriarchy  Elise M. Dermineur  2. Gender and the Underground Economy in the Western French Alps  Anne Montenach  3. Theorizing Crime and Gender in Long-Term Perspective  Manon van der Heijden and Ariadne Schmidt  4. Poor Girls’ Schooling and Transitions of Gender and Class  Åsa Karlsson Sjögren  5. Medicine, Female Mystics and Illness Experience  Virginia Langum  6. Love and Friendship Between Lower Order Scottish Men: Or What the History of Emotions Has Brought to Early Modern Gender History  Katie Barclay  7. Making Power: Gender, Materiality, Performativity and Catherine de Medici  Susan Broomhall  8. Gender Performance in Early Modern Religious Life  Raisa Maria Toivo