Defining Gender,1450-1910 is a full-text searchable database which contains over 60,000 documents related to gender studies from the medieval period through the nineteenth century. Documents are sourced from libraries and archives around the world, including a strong core of document images from the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
It consists of five thematic sections, which feature concise, scholarly essays that link to referenced source material.
- Section1: Conduct & Politeness
- Section2: Domesticity & the Family
- Section3: Consumption & Leisure
- Section4: Education & Sensibility
- Section5: The Body
Coverage years:
1450-1910
Subject:
Multidisciplinary
Arts and Humanities
History
Literature
Social Sciences
Sociology
Education