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Toward an Intellectual History of Women

Essays By Linda K. Kerber

by Linda K. Kerber
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As a leading historian of women, Linda K. Kerber has played an instrumental role in the radical rethinking of American history over the past two decades. The maturation and increasing complexity of studies in women's history are widely recognized, and in this remarkable collection of essays, Kerber's essential contribution to the field is made clear. In this volume is gathered some of Kerber's finest work. Ten essays address the role of women in early American history, and more broadly in intellectual and cultural history, and explore the rhetoric of historiography. In the chronological arrangement of the pieces, she starts by including women in the history of the Revolutionary era, then makes the transforming discovery that gender is her central subject, the key to understanding the social relation of the sexes and the cultural discourse of an age. From that fundamental insight follows Kerber's sophisticated contributions to the intellectual history of women. Prefaced with an eloquent and personal introduction, an account of the formative and feminist influences in the author's ongoing education, these writings illustrate the evolution of a vital field of inquiry and trace the intellectual development of one of its leading scholars.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Gender and American Culture

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    December 10, 2017

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      • ISBN: 9781469620404
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  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1490
    • Text Difficulty: 12

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      April 15, 1997
      In this collection of essays, premier women's historian Kerber (history, Univ. of Iowa) reiterates and clarifies some of her past work. The ten essays here are ordered chronologically, from 1973 to 1993, by date of original preparation or publication. The first part, "Finding Women in the Revolutionary Era," analyzes Colonial women's views on education, war, family, and politics. Kerber includes early essays on the "Republican Mother" and women's views of citizenship. Part 2, "Toward an Intellectual History of Women," examines the use of the metaphor of separate spheres and the language of individualism as historical constructs. Part 3, "Finding Gender in American Culture," returns to themes of gender and citizenship. The work is a convenient collection reflecting the thoughts of a superb scholar. It will be appreciated by feminist theorists and students of U.S. and women's history. Appropriate for academic libraries.--Linda V. Carlisle, Southern Illinois Univ., Edwardsville

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1490
  • Text Difficulty:12

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