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‘Femininity’ and the History of Women's Education

Shifting the Frame

Stephanie Spencer editor Tim Allender editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:19th Dec '20

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This book draws on recent deconstructions around the idea of ‘femininity’ as a social, racial and class construct and explores the diversity of spaces that may be defined as educational that range from institutional contexts to family, to professional outlooks, to racial identity, to defining community and religious groupings. It explores how notions of femininity change across time and place, and within individual lives. Such changes take place at the interface of external forces and individual agency. The application of the notion of ‘femininity’ that assumes a consistent definition of the term is interrogated by the authors, leading to a discussion of the rich possibilities for new directions in research into women’s lives across time, place, and individual life histories.

ISBN: 9783030542320

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 495g

239 pages