Gender, Theory, and History

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Gender, Theory, and History

Author(s): Maria Ines La Greca (Author)

  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication Date: February 5, 2026
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 78 pages
  • ISBN-10: 1009372416
  • ISBN-13: 9781009372411

Book Description

The category of gender has a special relation to history as an academic practice, as a form of writing, and as a way of understanding humanity as such. This Element reconstructs the trajectory of debates over gender to trace its emergence as an analytical category through the work of feminist thinkers such as that by Joan W. Scott, Judith Butler, and Donna Haraway. Situating the reader in a twenty-first century perspective, this Element shows that gender is still a key term in theoretical discussions not only within but also beyond academia, in current public debates related to women and LGBTQ+ human rights around the globe. ‘Gender’ is both a theoretical resource and a political tool to effect social change. Refiguring gender as a historical category, this Element provides a promising framework for historians, theorists of history, and everyone interested in reflecting on the relation between bodies, knowledge, and politics.

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Book Description

This Element offers an updated reconstruction of the development of the category of gender in relation to theory of history.

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