La question du genre. Entretien avec Joan W. Scott

La question du genre. Entretien avec Joan W. Scott

In this interview conducted by Bruno Perreau, Joan Scott, a professor of history at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, analyzes the emergence of gender studies in France and the United-States. Looking back on her own career, she questions the methods of historical analysis and sheds a ne...

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Main Authors: Joan W. Scott, Bruno Perreau
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Genre, Sexualité et Société 2010-12-01
Series:Genre, Sexualité et Société
Subjects:
feminism
historical analysis
post-colonialism
United-States
veil
auto-analysis
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/gss/1659
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Summary:In this interview conducted by Bruno Perreau, Joan Scott, a professor of history at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, analyzes the emergence of gender studies in France and the United-States. Looking back on her own career, she questions the methods of historical analysis and sheds a new light on the public debate of the veil. Joan Scott sets aside the habitual culturalist arguments and emphasizes the complexity of power relations within feminist movements in a postcolonial context.
ISSN:2104-3736

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