Question of Gender
Question of Gender A generation after the publication of Joan W. How has the study of gender, independently or in conjunction with other axes of difference--such as race, class, and…
Specifikacia Question of Gender
Question of Gender
A generation after the publication of Joan W. How has the study of gender, independently or in conjunction with other axes of difference--such as race, class, and sexuality--inflected existing fields of study and created new ones? Scott's influential essay, "Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis," this volume explores the current uses of the term--and the ongoing influence of Scott's agenda-setting work in history and other disciplines.
With what discursive politics does the term engage, and with what effects? To what extent has this concept modified or been modified by related paradigms such as women's and queer studies? In what settings, and through what kinds of operations and transformations, can gender remain a useful category in the 21st century?
Leading scholars from history, philosophy, literature, art history, and other fields examine how gender has translated