Gender in History (New Perspectives on the Past)
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Book Description
Over the past 20 years, the study of history has been revolutionised by considerations of gender, and yet most books on the subject focus on only one period or region. This concise overview redresses the balance, exploring the construction of gender in many cultures around the world at different times.The material is presented thematically, encouraging readers to appreciate the connections between gender and other structures such as the family, the economy, law, religion, sexuality and the state. The author investigates how what it meant to be a man or woman was shaped by these institutions, and how they in turn were influenced by gender. Within each chapter, information is arranged chronologically in order to highlight the ways in which gender structures have varied over time.
About the Author
Merry Wiesner-Hanks is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Her previous publications include Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe (1993), Discovering the Global Past: A Look at the Evidence (1997) and Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World: Regulating Desire, Reforming Practice (2000). She is co-editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal.
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Gender in History (New Perspectives on the Past),Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks,Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated,0631210369,Feminism & Feminist Theory,Gender Studies,History,History - General History,History: World,Sex role,Social history,Western Europe - General,World - General,History of specific subjects,Social Science / Gender Studies,Western Continental Europe
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