A history of women in 101 objects
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New York : Crown, 2023.
Physical Desc
xiii, 413 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : Crown, 2023.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 409-413)
Description
"This 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, manifold, and too often overlooked histories of women....Annabelle Hirsch’s book contains a curated and diverse compendium of women and their things, uncovering the thoughts and feelings at the heart of women’s daily lives. The result is an intimate and stirring alternative history of humans in the world. The objects date from prehistory to today and are assembled chronologically to show the evolution of how women were perceived by others, how they perceived themselves, how they fought for freedom. Some (like a sixteenth-century glass dildo) are objects of female pleasure, some (a thumbscrew) of female subjugation. These are artifacts of women celebrated by history and of women unfairly forgotten by it. With variety and nuance, A History of Women in 101 Objects cracks open the fissures of what we think we know in order to illuminate a much richer retelling: What do handprints on early cave paintings tell us about the role of women in hunting? How is a cell phone related to femicides? What does Kim Kardashian’s diamond ring have to do with Elena Ferrante?...[T]his is a book that upends all our assumptions about, and presentations of, the past, proving that it has always been as complicated and fascinating as the women who peopled it." --back cover
Original Version
First published:,Berlin : Kein & Aber AG Zurich, ©2022.
Language
Translated from the German.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hirsch, A., & Updegraff, E. (2023). A history of women in 101 objects (First edition.). Crown.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hirsch, Annabelle, 1986- and Eleanor, Updegraff. 2023. A History of Women in 101 Objects. Crown.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hirsch, Annabelle, 1986- and Eleanor, Updegraff. A History of Women in 101 Objects Crown, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hirsch, Annabelle, and Eleanor Updegraff. A History of Women in 101 Objects First edition., Crown, 2023.
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