Piper, Alana, and Stevenson, Ana (2020) Business as usual: feminist history in a post-truth world. In: Gudonis, Marius, and Jones, Benjamin T., (eds.) History in a Post-Truth World: theory and praxis. Routledge, New York, NY, USA, pp. 183-198.

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Abstract

This chapter explores how feminist historical analyses are understood in a post-truth framework, with a particular focus on gender violence. Given that gender violence – and gender inequality more generally – is rooted in pervasively accepted societal myths, feminists and feminist historians have long been confronted with the challenge of how to overcome ideas that are underpinned by emotional rather than evidence-based understandings. Furthermore, the tendency to dismiss feminist knowledge production about gender violence as mere myth has long preceded the post-truth age. Current modes of history, such as quantitative and digital approaches, can reinforce feminist interpretations of the past yet themselves remain open to challenges. How, then, do the politics of believing women relate to gendered approaches to truth and post-truth for historians?

Item ID:	67574
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	978-0-367-33324-9
Copyright Information:	© 2021 Taylor & Francis
Date Deposited:	09 Jun 2021 01:40
FoR Codes:	43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4303 Historical studies > 430309 Gender history @ 40% 43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4303 Historical studies > 430312 Histories of race @ 20% 50 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES > 5002 History and philosophy of specific fields > 500205 History and philosophy of the humanities @ 40%
SEO Codes:	13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1307 Understanding past societies > 130701 Understanding Africa’s past @ 20% 13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1307 Understanding past societies > 130703 Understanding Australia’s past @ 40% 13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1307 Understanding past societies > 130706 Understanding the past of the Americas @ 40%
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