Gender History Flashcards
Gender History’s beliefs/style
Questioned what was historically important, history focused on public life so excluded women in private life, women history more in oral history and need to read between the lines in other sources, men more likely to be educated so wrote more of the evidence.
Expanded to non-western women and women in the LGBTQ+ group.
Anna Comnene’s style
1083-1153, Byzantine princess, wrote about father’s reign and wars/political relations -so still ‘men’ topics.
Anges Strickland’s style
1796-1874, Multi volumes of Queens of England, widely read in Victorian Period.
Eileen Power’s style
20th c, wrote on medieval history and women in religion.
Richard Evans’s style
Looking into women through economic/social/political history
1960s developments
Second Wave Feminism -
wants women in wider historical debates - parallel histories to men.
Idea to fill in gaps and still separate from mainstream history though
1980s developments
Joan Scott & Jane Rendall,
believed sexes couldn’t be separate & would be hypocritical to remove men in history.
Patriarchy constructed both sexes, non elite men affected.
1990s developments
men’s movements and masculinity.
Do all men have power?
Is masculinity the same in every culture? Not a ‘real’ man if they don’t fit in
Artistotle’s style
384-322,
places men as superior, men signified perfection of conception, anything less than perfect is monstrous.
Thomas Aquinas’s style
women’s inferiority due to Eve’s sin, men need to control/assist women
