Gender in Modern Welsh History: Perspectives on Masculinity and Femininity in Wales from 1750 to 2000
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Gender in Modern Welsh History: Perspectives on Masculinity and Femininity in Wales from 1750 to 2000
By (Author) Beth Jenkins
Edited by Paul O'Leary
Edited by Stephanie Ward
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
22nd February 2024
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Gender studies, gender groups
Social and cultural history
305.309429
Physical Properties
Paperback
280
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 15mm
Description
An in-depth study of the impact of gender in modern Welsh society.
This edited collection offers a reappraisal of gender as a category of analysis in modern Welsh history. Beginning with sex work in the eighteenth century and concluding with womens late twentieth-century antinuclear activism, the contributors examine how gender has been constructed, represented, performed, and experienced by men and women at different times and places throughout Waless modern past.
Reviews
"Cutting-edge historical research is skilfully distilled into ten stimulating and eminently readable essays. This is an important collection that dissects and deepens understanding of gender and gender relations in Welsh society between 1750 and 2000."
-- "Angela V. John, President of Llafur, the Welsh People's History Society"Author Bio
Beth Jenkins is a Visiting Fellow and former British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Essex. Paul O'Leary is the Sir John Williams Professor of Welsh History at Aberystwyth University. Stephanie Ward is a senior lecturer in modern Welsh history at Cardiff University.
