Museus do feminino, museologia de género e o contributo da história

Women’s museums are a relatively new concept. Founded in a specific sociocultural context, the first dating from the 1980s, and their numbers have continuously increased during the following decades. This article surveys the main women’s and/or gender museums at worldwide level and questions the lin...

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Main Author: Irene Vaquinhas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de Évora 2014-06-01
Series:Midas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/midas/603
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spelling doaj-fac64801c27e4395a0396c06847c125a2020-11-25T01:10:18ZengUniversidade de ÉvoraMidas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares2182-95432014-06-01310.4000/midas.603Museus do feminino, museologia de género e o contributo da históriaIrene VaquinhasWomen’s museums are a relatively new concept. Founded in a specific sociocultural context, the first dating from the 1980s, and their numbers have continuously increased during the following decades. This article surveys the main women’s and/or gender museums at worldwide level and questions the link between museums and the history of women, and the new concept of gender museology. Consideration is also given to the main vectors, tasks and strategic outlines of this typology of museums and the main contents of their permanent exhibitions.http://journals.openedition.org/midas/603women’s and gender museumsgender museologyfeminine material culturewomen history and genderwomen history Portugal
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Museus do feminino, museologia de género e o contributo da história
Midas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares
women’s and gender museums
gender museology
feminine material culture
women history and gender
women history Portugal
author_facet Irene Vaquinhas
author_sort Irene Vaquinhas
title Museus do feminino, museologia de género e o contributo da história
title_short Museus do feminino, museologia de género e o contributo da história
title_full Museus do feminino, museologia de género e o contributo da história
title_fullStr Museus do feminino, museologia de género e o contributo da história
title_full_unstemmed Museus do feminino, museologia de género e o contributo da história
title_sort museus do feminino, museologia de género e o contributo da história
publisher Universidade de Évora
series Midas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares
issn 2182-9543
publishDate 2014-06-01
description Women’s museums are a relatively new concept. Founded in a specific sociocultural context, the first dating from the 1980s, and their numbers have continuously increased during the following decades. This article surveys the main women’s and/or gender museums at worldwide level and questions the link between museums and the history of women, and the new concept of gender museology. Consideration is also given to the main vectors, tasks and strategic outlines of this typology of museums and the main contents of their permanent exhibitions.
topic women’s and gender museums
gender museology
feminine material culture
women history and gender
women history Portugal
url http://journals.openedition.org/midas/603
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