Representations of Women and Gender in Ritsu Literature

A jubilee is the perfect time for a critical stocktaking, and this essay uses the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Central European History (CEH), the leading American journal of the history of “German-speaking Central Europe,” to explore the changing representations of women and gender in this journal since its founding in 1968. The declared aim of CEH was, according to the founding editor, Douglas A. Unfug, to become a “broadly rather than narrowly defined” journal that covers “all periods from the Middle Ages to the present” and includes, next to “traditional approaches to history,” innovative and “experimental methodological approaches.” As Kenneth F. Ledford, the third CEH editor (after Unfug and Kenneth D. Barkin), wrote in 2005, the journal should simultaneously reflect and drive “the intellectual direction(s) of its eponymous field.”

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Women, Gender and Colonialism: Rethinking the History of the British Cape Colony and its Frontier Zones, c. 1806–70

The Journal of African History ◽

10.1017/s0021853700035519 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 351-370 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Helen Bradford

Keyword(s):

Women And Gender ◽

Imperial History ◽

Slave Rebellion ◽

Gender Differentiation ◽

The Past ◽

History Of ◽

Colonial Encounter ◽

And Gender ◽

Representations Of Women

That many studies in African and imperial history neglect women and gender is a commonplace. Using a case-study – the British Cape Colony and its frontier zones – this article attempts to demonstrate some consequences of this neglect. It argues, firstly, that it generates empirical inaccuracies as a result of the insignificance accorded to gender differentiation and to women themselves. Secondly, representations of women as unimportant, and men as ungendered, result in flawed analysis of both men and the colonial encounter. This view is argued in detail for two events: an 1825 slave rebellion and an 1856–7 millenarian movement. The article concludes that if gender and half the adult populace are marginalized in this way, the price is frequently interpretations which have limited purchase on the past.

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The women of N. K. Jemisin: Representations of women and gender roles in the science-fantasy The Fifth Season

Ars Aeterna ◽

10.2478/aa-2021-0011 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 61-74

Author(s):

Erik György

Keyword(s):

Gender Roles ◽

Women Characters ◽

Science Fiction ◽

Gender Stereotypes ◽

Literary Work ◽

Women In Science ◽

Women And Gender ◽

And Gender ◽

Science Fantasy ◽

Representations Of Women

Abstract The following paper deals with representations of women and gender roles in science-fiction and fantasy. It briefly discusses the issue in these genres in general, but it is primarily concerned with one specific example, i.e. N. K. Jemisin’s science-fantasy novel The Fifth Season. The paper’s main aim is to highlight the changing nature of representations of women in science fiction and fantasy and pay tribute to a literary work depicting women from a modern perspective. Thus, it presents the analysis of said novel from the perspective of feminist criticism and gender studies, focusing on how the novel explores through its main and side women characters, ideas of representation, biological sex versus “gendering”, and related notions of femininity, gender roles and gender stereotypes and myths.

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