A History of Women in 101 Objects (eBook)

A walk through female history

Annabelle Hirsch (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023 | Main
416 Seiten
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-80530-088-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A single journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating, too-often-overlooked, manifold histories of women. Open up this cabinet of curiosities and you'll find objects that have been highly esteemed - even, like the Bayeux tapestry, fought over by nations - and others that are humble and domestic. Some (like a sixteenth century glass dildo) are objects of female pleasure, some (a thumbscrew) of female subjugation. There are artefacts of women celebrated by history and of women unfairly forgotten by it; examples of female rebellion and of self-revelation; objects that are inspiring, curious or (like radium-laced chocolate) just fundamentally ill-conceived. Through the variety and nuance in all these 101 objects, Annabelle Hirsch has created a new history - teeming, unexpected, witty and always illuminating. This overdue corrective reveals what a healed femur says about civilisation, what men have to fear from hat pins, and it shows that the past has always been as complicated and fascinating as the women that peopled it.

Autor

Annabelle Hirsch, born in 1986, has German and French roots. She studied art history, dramatics and philosophy in Munich and Paris, and worked as a freelance journalist for FAS, FAZ, ZeitOnline and several other magazines. She writes short stories and translates French literature. She lives in Paris, Rome and Berlin. Eleanor Updegraff was born in London and studied English Literature, German and Russian at Durham University. She is a literary translator and author, ghostwriter and editor, and reviews books for various publications online and in print. She has lived in Vienna since 2015.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.10.2023
• Übersetzer: Eleanor Updegraff
• Zusatzinfo: B&W images throughout
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Amazons • Anthropology • archaeology • Aretha Franklin • Beyonce • female history • Feminism • feminist • fertility • gillian anderson • Goddesses • Helena Bonham-Carter • International women's day • Intersectional feminism • Intersectionality • Jackie Kay • Kate Winslet • Katy Hessel • Kim Kardashian • Margaret Atwood • marina hyde • mary magdalen • menopause • #metoo • metoo • miriam margolyes • mother • Nicola Sturgeon • Olivia Colman • Queens • rebecca solnit • Sandi Toksvig • Sex Work • Simone de Beauvoir • Val McDermid • Vanessa Bell • Venus • We Should All Be Feminists • Witchcraft
• ISBN-10: 1-80530-088-1 / 1805300881
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80530-088-5 / 9781805300885