Assignments
1. Your first assignment will be to briefly explain the thesis of Scott by using the following questions as guidance.
- What is Scott's definition of gender, and why?
- How should a historian analyse the past - in her opinion?
- What do you think would have been the result if you had performed an analysis like hers on the material you used in phase III? Please give examples!
What is Scott's definition of gender, and why?
VastaaPoistaScott's definition of gender is that it is a constitutive element of social relationships based on perceived differences between the sexes, and gender is a primary way of signifying relationships of power.
How should a historian analyse the past - in her opinion?
VastaaPoistaIn her opinion a historian should analyse the past by understanding the role of written history in the creation of individual and collective identities - identities of gender as well as of class.
What do you think would have been the result if you had performed an analysis like hers on the material you used in phase III? Please give examples!
VastaaPoistaI think that if I had performed an analysis like hers on the material I used in phase III the result have been analysing the past by understanding the role of written history in the creation of individuals like Finnish women novelist Minna Canth and collective identities women liberation movement in Finland 1884 - identities of gender as well as of class.