Herstory: from History to Literature
Journal cover Sensus Historiae, volume 25, no. 4, year 2016
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history
herstory
body
literature

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Witczak, K. (2016). Herstory: from History to Literature. Sensus Historiae, 25(4), 63–72. https://doi.org/10.14746/sh.2016.25.4.004

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Abstract

The aim of the article is to present status of the women history. Throughout history, women were usually barely visible in the public space. It should be noted that it was she, and not the private sphere, for a long time was considered worthy of interest and consolidate the relationship history. Women are not left behind also directevidence, because their writings accompanied atmosphere insignificance. The more evident the innovative movement of rewriting history from the perspective of women (herstory). Cited were the views of Michelle Perrot that women are imagined, created, and rarely described and portrayed directly. The essay shows that we should ask about the consequences of the cultural meaning of gender in history.

https://doi.org/10.14746/sh.2016.25.4.004
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