The French Reformation seemed well--placed to succeed: there was a vigorous pre--reform movement, an apparent welcome for the work of French--speaking reformers in many quarters... Læs mere
The political force of feminism cannot be separated from the theories which give it that force. an effective feminist literary criticism must negotiate its relationship to the dominant male voice of traditional practices.
In this book, now available in paperback, he examines the history of France from the rise of the Capetians in the mid--tenth century to the execution of Joan of Arc in the mid--fifteenth.
* The first text to bring together in a single volume the arguments and evidence in the field. * The first genuine introduction to this topic. * The author is adept at providing the reader with useful summaries and evaluations of the key arguments and points. .
Focusing on African and European women and men, five articles explore generational conflict, connections between representation and violence, the incorporation of gendered power into state formation, memory and forgetting, and consumption and commodity cultures.
aeo Adds to explosion of interest in issues of gender, the body, and history. aeo Investigates the centrality of gender distinctions to ancient societies. aeo Complements the study of women in antiquity.
A collection in which a group of leading historians of medieval Europe apply a gendered analysis to a series of questions ranging from the... Læs mere
* The first collection to explore the contribution that geographical thinking can make to our understanding of modern Britain.... Læs mere
This is the first book which examines the nature and significance of a feminist critique in anthropology. It offers a clear introduction to, and balanced assessment of, the theoretical and practical issues raised by the development of a feminist anthropology.
This is an outstanding collection of essays which brings together for the first time the work of a group of writers... Læs mere
aeo An original and accessible discussion of some of the most important issues in current debates about women and the arts. aeo Janet Wolff considers and challenges the invisibility of women in sociological and literary accounts of modernity.
After the success of the hardback, students and academics will welcome the publication of this book in paperback. The aim of the book is to... Læs mere