Gender and the Politics of History
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
A self-critical intellectual autobiography, the nine essays in Gender in the Politics of History are a tour de force-they reveal historical imagination relentlessly moving forward...
Joan Wallach Scott Books
December 18, 1941
Joan Scott is internationally recognized for writings that theorize gender as an analytic category, positioning her as a leading figure in critical history. Her groundbreaking work has challenged conventional historical practices, fundamentally altering the understanding of historical evidence, experience, and the role of narrative. Scott's contributions have been instrumental in transforming intellectual history, with her recent focus on gender and democratic politics offering vital insights into contemporary social and political landscapes.
Joan Wallach Scott, a historian who helped to shape the fields of gender and womens history, argues for the usefulness of psychoanalytic concepts, particularly fantasy, for feminist historical analysis.