Gender and the Politics of History

Gender and the Politics of History
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 0231118570
ISBN-13 : 9780231118576
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Book Synopsis Gender and the Politics of History by : Joan Wallach Scott

Download or read book Gender and the Politics of History written by Joan Wallach Scott and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interrogation of the uses of gender as a tool for cultural and historical analysis. The revised edition reassesses the book's fundamental topic: the category of gender. In arguing that gender no longer serves to destabilize our understanding of sexual difference, the new preface and new chapter open a critical dialogue with the original book. From publisher description.


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