Over the past thirty years feminist historians have challenged and changed theway history is written. This selfcritical dialogue between women has resultedin th... » 

Over the past thirty years feminist historians have challenged and changed theway history is written. This selfcritical dialogue between women has resultedin the development of a richly reflexive feminist historiography. The FeministHistory Reader gathers together key articles that have shaped thishistoriography and introduces students to the major shifts and turning pointsin this dialogue.The Reader is divided into four sections. Part one looks at early feministhistorians writings following the move from reclaiming womens past through tothe development of gender history. Part two focuses on the interaction offeminist history with the linguistic turn and addresses the challenges madeby poststructuralism and the responses it provoked. Part three examines thework of lesbian historians and queer theorists in their challenge theheterosexism of feminist history writing. The final part of the Reader looks atthe work of black feminists and postcolonial criticsThird World scholars andhowthey have laid bare the ethnocentric and imperialist tendencies of feministtheory. Each reading has a critical introduction and guide to further reading.Including a comprehensive general introduction this is a wide ranging guideto developments in feminist history and is essential reading for all studentsof history. «