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Recovering Women's Past: New Epistemologies, New Ventures

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Availability:In StockContributor:S?verine Genieys-Kirk (Editor)Series:Women and Gender in the Early Modern WorldPublish date:2023-06-01Pages:390
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496231796ISBN-10:1496231791UPC:9781496231796Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Women, Women's StudiesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.6314Product ID:SCHZATHCXZ
Feminist rewriting of history is designed not merely to reshape our collective memory and collective imaginary but also to challenge deeply ingrained paradigms about knowledge production. This feminist rewriting raises important questions for early modern scholars, especially in bringing to life the works of our foremothers and in reconsidering women's agency.

Recovering Women's Past, edited by Séverine Genieys-Kirk, is a collection of essays that focus on how women born before the nineteenth century have claimed a place in history and how they have been represented in the collective memory from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century. Scrutinizing the legacies of such politically minded women as Catherine de' Medici, Queen Isabella of Castile, Emilie du Châtelet, and Olympe de Gouges, the volume's contributors reflect on how our histories of women (in philosophy, literature, history, and the visual and performative arts) have been shaped by the discourses of their representation, how these discourses have been challenged, and how they can be reassessed both within and beyond the confines of academia. Recovering Women's Past disseminates a more accurate, vital history of women's past to engage in more creative and artistic encounters with our intellectual foremothers by creating imaginative modes of representing new knowledge. Only in these interactions will we be able to break away from the prevailing stereotypes about women's roles and potential and advance the future of feminism.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496231796ISBN-10:1496231791UPC:9781496231796Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Women, Women's StudiesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.6314Product ID:SCHZATHCXZ
Séverine Genieys-Kirk is a lecturer of French and Francophone studies at the University of Edinburgh.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

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