Gender History in a Transnational Perspective: Networks, Biographies, Gender Orders

Published by Berghahn Books 2014

Gender History in a Transnational Perspective

Networks, Biographies, Gender Orders

Edited by: Oliver Janz and Daniel Schönpflug

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782382751

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Recent debates have used the concept of “transnational history” to broaden research on historical subjects that transcend national boundaries and encourage a shift away from official inter-state interactions to institutions, groups, and actors that have been obscured. This approach proves particularly fruitful for the dynamic field of global gender and women’s history. By looking at the restless lives and work of women’s activists in informal border-crossings, ephemeral NGOs, the lower management of established international organizations, and other global networks, this volume reflects the potential of a new perspective that allows for a more adequate analysis of transnational activities. By pointing out cultural hierarchies, the vicissitudes of translation and re-interpretation, and the ambiguity of intercultural exchange, this volume demonstrates the critical potential of transnational history. It allows us to see the limits of universalist and cosmopolitan claims so dear to many historical actors and historians.

Author / Editor information

Oliver Janz is Professor of Contemporary History at Freie Universität Berlin and has been Visiting Professor in Berne, Trento and Rome. He is editor-in-chief of 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. His recent publications include: Das symbolische Kapital der Trauer. Nation, Religion und Familie im italienischen Gefallenenkult des Ersten Weltkriegs (2009), Dolce Vita? Das Bild der italienischen Migranten in Deutschland (2011) and 14 - Der Große Krieg (2013).

Daniel Schönpflug is Vice Director of the Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin. His publications include Luise von Preußen. Königin der Herzen (2010) and Die Heiraten der Hohenzollern. Verwandtschaft, Ritual und Politik in Europa 1640-1918 (2013). In recognition of his commitment to Franco-German scholarly exchange, Daniel Schönpflug received the Gay-Lussay-Humboldt-Award in 2010.

Oliver Janz is Professor of Contemporary History at Freie Universität Berlin and has been Visiting Professor in Berne, Trento and Rome. He is editor-in-chief of 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. His recent publications include: Das symbolische Kapital der Trauer. Nation, Religion und Familie im italienischen Gefallenenkult des Ersten Weltkriegs (2009), Dolce Vita? Das Bild der italienischen Migranten in Deutschland (2011) and 14 - Der Große Krieg (2013).

Reviews

“This rich and varied collection of essays, tied together by the editors' clear explanatory rationale, provides much evidence to support Janz's and Schonpflug's claim that a transnational perspective opens new lines of inquiry and insights for historians of international women's and gender history.” · Women & Social Movements in the US

“This volume is an important contribution to the transnational implications of gender history and shows the variety of potential areas of activities, indicating how much work still needs to be done… This collection makes clear that previous definitions of transnational women’s history were too narrow and that far more perspectives can offer fruitful possibilities, going beyond the analysis of transnational institutions and their actors.” · H-Soz-Kult

“This collection of essays addresses important topics in the history of European feminisms. It goes beyond national histories to examine transnational contacts, comparisons, and transfers… The essays are by an interesting collection of authors, some already very well known in the field, and others promising junior scholars.” · Ann Taylor Allen, University of Louisville

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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 Understanding International Feminisms as ‘Transnational’ – an Anachronism? May Wright Sewall and the Creation of the International Council of Women, 1889–1904 Karen Offen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Chapter 2 The National Councils of Women in France, Italy and Portugal: Comparisons and Entanglements, 1888–1939 Anne Cova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
Chapter 3 A Forgotten Instance of Women’s International Organising: The Transnational Feminist Networks of the Women’s Progressive Society (1890) and the International Women’s Union (1893–1898) Julie Carlier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter 4 A Struggle over Gender, Class and the Vote: Unequal International Interactions and the Formation of the ‘Female International’ of Socialist Women (1905–1907) Susan Zimmermann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Chapter 5 How Did Women Use the Vote? Women and Transnational Politics in the Twentieth Century Pat Thane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Chapter 6 A Transnational Career? The Republican and Utopian Politics of Frances Wright (1795–1852) Jane Rendall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
Chapter 7 What is a Transnational Life? Some Thoughts about Marguerite Thibert’s Career and Life (1886–1982) Françoise Thébaud Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
Chapter 8 Between Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism: Female Opera Singers in Britain and Germany in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century Gunilla Budde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
Chapter 9 Gender, Class, Race and Sexuality: A Transnational Approach to Legislation on Venereal Diseases, 1880s–1940s Ida Blom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Chapter 10 Transgressing the Colour Line: Policing Colonial ‘Miscegenation’ Birthe Kundrus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Chapter 11 Sex Drives, Bride Prices and Divorces: Legal Policy Concerning Gender Relations in German Cameroon, 1884–1916 Ulrike Schaper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 296
Keywords: Gender Studies and Sexuality; History (General)

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Published: April 1, 2014
ISBN: 9781782382751