De Vrouw 1813-1913-2013

Women 1813-1913-2013: IntroductionIn their introduction to the theme of this issue Mieke Aerts and Lex Heerma van Voss sketch very briefly a number of differences between contemporary gender history and women’s history as it emerged in the 1970s. They see gender history as moving away from a narrow focus on equal rights and emancipation: nowadays, gender is studied as a complex historical and social category, in creative dialogue with other important ‘turns’ in historiography, as epitomised by postcolonial and transnational history. In this way the articles in this issue are able to demonstrat... Mehr ...