26016 - Feminist Historiography - Storiografia Femminista

Learning outcomes

The student possesses an in-depth knowledge of feminist historiography and of the origin of women's history in different cultural contexts. He acquires methodological tools that will allow him to research autonomously in these areas.

Course contents

The course aims to analyze the main themes of feminist historiography and the history of women and gender from a national and international perspective from the 19th to th 21th centuries.Through lectures and critical reading of original sources, the course aims to develop the emancipation process and construction of female citizenship on both a social and then political level.

Still in keeping with a comparative perspective, the module will address women's political movements in Western Europe; the theme of women’s education and women in the workplace; periods of discord and unity; the struggle to acquire the main political and social rights; the question of memory.

 

Readings/Bibliography

1) One book from the following 

• Gisela Bock, Women in European History, Blackwell, 2002.
• Karen Offen, European Feminism 1700-1950. A political History, Stanford University press, 2000.

2) Two books from the following

• Women’s Education in Southern Europe. Historical Perspectives (19th–20th centuries), a cura di Antonella Cagnolati, Antonio Fco. Canales Serrano, vol. II, Roma, Aracne, 2018.
• Angela Steidele, Nessuna mi ha mai detto di no. Anne Lister e i suoi diari segreti, Somara Edizioni, 2020
• Martin Baumeister, Philipp Lenhard, Ruth Nattermann (eds.), Rethinking the Age of Emancipation. Comparative and Transnational Perspectives on Gender, Family, and Religion in Italy and Germany 1800-1918, New York, Oxford, Berghahn, 2020.
• Bonnie S. Anderson, Joyous Greetings. The first international Women’s Movement 1830-1860, OUP, 2000
• Elda Guerra, Il dilemma della pace. Femministe e pacifiste sulla scena internazionale, 1914-1939, Roma, Viella, 2014,
• Mona L. Siegel, Peace on our terms. The global Battle for Women’s Rights After the First World War, New York, Columbia University Press, 2020

Teaching methods

Frontal lesson and seminars in archive.

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Teaching tools

Ppt presentation; films and documents

Office hours

See the website of Elena Musiani