Gendered Pasts - Historical Essays in Femininity and Masculinity in Canada

It is commonplace today to suggest that gender is socially constructed, that the roles women and men fulfill in their daily lives have been created and defined for them by society and social institutions. But how have men and women negotiated and navigated the gender roles that have been thrust upon them? With Gendered Pasts, Kathryn McPherson, Cecilia Morgan, and Nancy M. Forestell have collected eleven engaging essays that seek to answer this question in a wide-ranging exploration of specific gendered dimensions of nineteenth-and twentieth-century Canadian history. The contributors cover all manner of topics related to gender and history across Canada, including: female vagrancy; gambling, drinking, and sex; the role of the miner's wife; the portrayal of gay men; and the sharply defined role of nurses. Unusual in its breadth, Gendered Pasts is essential to the understanding of the various threads and themes in Canadian gender history.

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Edited by Kathryn McPherson, Cecilia Morgan, and Nancy M. Forestell

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Unusual in its breadth, Gendered Pasts is essential to the understanding of the various threads and themes in Canadian gender history.

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn McPherson
• Assisted by: Nancy Forestell (Editor), Nancy M. Forestell (Editor), Kathryn McPherson (Editor), Cecilia Morgan (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780802086907
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-8690-7
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 360 g
• Series: Canadian Social History Series; Canadian Social History; Canadian Social History Series; Canadian Social History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories