تاریخ نگری و تاریخ نگاری (Jun 2009)

From History of theNoblemen of the History of the Neglected Women: The reasons for the late Creation of Woman`s Historigraphy

  • Simin Fasihi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22051/hph.2014.813
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 2
pp. 43 – 67

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This article seeks to contemplate the relatively new -founded branch of women's historiography and course of modern historiography,and to scrutinize the question of, why even after two centuries since establishment of Rsnkean Positivism and creaton of significant branches such as cultural and social historiography, the Women`s historiography has a short life time of less than half a century. To examine this question,the article explains the three main approaches to historiography in connecton wite woman`s historiography,and thereafter in a more detailed section investigates the highlights of the unique qualities of woman`s historiography. The general answer to the main question of the article, which the responsibility for analysis in placed in the last section of the article, is look for negligence of the schools of historiography (political, cultural and social) in regards to subject of women on one side and women's awareness towards their rights,and the woman`s rights being placed at the center, resulted from the creation of the feminist movements on other side. The negligence of the schools of historiography is believed o be the main reason for the late creation of the woman`s historiography and feminist movements is considered as the foremost cause for the creation of this historiography and grounds for it has each been described indetail analyzed.

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