White, Male and Middle Class: Explorations in Feminism and History - Couverture rigide

Hall, Catherine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745609376 ISBN 13 : 9780745609379

Editeur : Polity Press, 1992

Synopsis

Charting British feminist history over the past 20 years, this book examines its objects of study, its theoretical debates and its definitions of the politics of history. Reflecting on the particularities of British feminism and the ways in which this has shaped the concerns of feminist history, Hall explores the construction of gendered identities within the English middle-class from the 19th century. From the early enthusiasm of the 1970s for the hidden histories and lost experiences of women, feminist history has become increasingly concerned with men as well as women, with a rewriting of history from a woman's perspective and a gendered perspective. In the 1980s, race became a vital issue for feminism and the last section of the book explores the connections between gendered and racial identities - the different ways in which 19th-century men attempted to exercise power over all their dependants, whether black or female.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

What are the relations between feminism and history, feminist politics and historical practice? What are the connections between gender and class? What part have racial identities and ethnic difference played in the construction of Englishness?

Through a series of provocative and richly detailed essays, Catherine Hall explores these questions. She argues that feminism has opened up vital new questions for history and transformed familiar historical narratives. Class can no longer be understood outside of gender, or gender outside of class.

But English identities have also been rooted in imperial power. White, Male and Middle Class explores the ways in which middle–class masculinities were rooted in conceptions of power over dependants – whether black or female.

Revue de presse

"...[Hall] successfully teases out the inter–relationships of gender, class and race as separate and interconnected bases of power ... This collection is full of insight intermingled with historical detail." Times Higher Education Supplement

"This work begins to set out a new agenda and asks the kind of questions to which students in late twentieth century British multi–cultural society desperately want and need answers." LSE Magazine

"This collection of interrelated essays, written in Hall′s incisive style, can be wholeheartedly recommended to academics and students alike." History

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745609376
• ISBN 13: 9780745609379
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 270
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible