Feminism And History

by Joan Wallach Scott (editor)

The question of difference - between women and men and among women - is at the heart of feminist theory and the history of feminism. Feminists have long debated the meanings of sexual is it an underlying truth of nature or the result of changing social belief? Are women the same as or different from men? Feminism and History argues that sexual difference, indeed that all forms of social differentiation, cannot be understood apart from history. It brings together the best critical articles available to analyse the ways in which differences among women and men have been produced. The articles range across many countries and time periods (from the Middle Ages to the present) and they include analyses of western and non-western experiences. There are discussions of race in the United States and in colonial contexts. A variety of theoretical approaches to the question of difference is included; but in all cases, difference is the focus of the historian's analysis. The analytic f

Genres: Feminism, History, Philosophy, Nonfiction

624 pages, Paperback

First published May 23, 1996

About the author

Joan Scott is known internationally for writings that theorize gender as an analytic category. She is a leading figure in the emerging field of critical history. Her ground-breaking work has challenged the foundations of conventional historical practice, including the nature of historical evidence and historical experience and the role of narrative in the writing of history, and has contributed to a transformation of the field of intellectual history. Scott's recent books focus on gender and democratic politics. Her works include The Politics of the Veil (2007), Gender and the Politics of History (1988), Only Paradoxes to Offer: French Feminists and the Rights of Man (1996), and Parité: Sexual Equality and the Crisis of French Universalism (2005). Scott graduated from Brandeis University in 1962 and received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1969. Before joining the Institute for Advanced Study, Scott taught in the history departments of Brown University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Rutgers University.

Reviews

[Uğur · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful book written by Joan Wallach Scott, who rethinks the history of women, which was missing/left out in the department of history, philosophically, politically and sociologically in the context of Feminist historiography.

While women are included in this topic with subjective evaluations in historical events and topics, Scott opposes this and rereads history from a female point of view.

Historiography, which developed mostly after the second wave feminist philosophy, plays a very important role in women's struggle for social equality. Because the deeper the history / history of an idea, a philosophy, the more powerful and spreading it can find for itself. Because history writing is a consciousness, a memory. Having a memory from both a philosophical, political and sociological point of view means gaining the quality of being the central power in that field. This is an indispensable step for the struggle against patriarchal thought and masculine discourse.

While dealing with this, Scott also evaluates patriarchal historiography and processes the history that has been formed so far in a very accurate way by subjecting it to this comparison.

We know Scott as a thinker who has done extensive research on gender and feminist thought at the point of the writing of history through a whole new meaning by approaching it as the phenomenon of gender in feminist philosophy to engage moving into the next century, the party without the woman rather than of what is good and true and the sad thing is a front to enable you to become. We are studying the roots of this formation, the years we have been in appear as the processes of this root release. You will realize this once again with this book. I would definitely say get to know this root. Because when that magnificent tree appears, this will be what you will wonder again.

[alternBRUNO°° · Rating 4 out of 5]

En general es un libro valioso que reta a repensar la diferencia sexua en la historia. Sus categorias (clase, trabajo, género en la historia, igualdad y diferencia) son cuidadosamente construidas y revisadas. La agudeza analítica de la autora es indudable y la selección de textos es precisa e ilustrativa a la vez. Su único fallo: los incontables rodeos que marean al lector bajo una lluvia de tecnicismos.

[Azumi Lowe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un aporte buenísimo para empezar a hablar de género desde lo más básico. Con eso, lo importante es el análisis que realiza y como aborda sus temas. Una joya de libro

[cami · Rating 3 out of 5]

Más preguntas que respuestas, pero da buenos ejemplos y argumentos importantes sobre la relación del género con el poder, política y clase. Y también definiciones importantes de género.

[Dalia Jiménez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es muy útil para comprender el género como categoría y es un buen punto de partida. Sin embargo, es necesario leer más para comprender la amplitud de este término.

[A(Mar). · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me tocó en lo más profundo cuando cuestiona la supuesta “neutralidad” del conocimiento.