Binding: Paperback
Description: This book examines the writings of seven English women economists from the period 1735 1811. It reveals that contrary to what standard accounts of the history of economic thought suggest eighteenth - and early nineteenth - century women intellectuals were undertaking incisive and gender - sensitive analyses of the economy. Women's Economic Thought in the Romantic Age argues that established notions of what constitutes economic enquiry topics and genres of writing have for centuries marginalised the perspectives and experiences of women and obscured the knowledge they recorded in novels memoirs or pamphlets. This has led to an underrepresentation of women in the canon of economic theory. Using insights from literary studies cultural studies gender studies and feminist economics the book develops a transdisciplinary methodology that redresses this imbalance and problematises the distinction between literary and economic texts. In its in - depth readings of selected writings by Sarah Chapone Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Hays Mary Robinson Priscilla Wakefield Mary Ann Radcliffe and Jane Austen this book uncovers the originality and topicality of their insights on the economics of marriage women and paid work and moral economics. Combining historical analysis with conceptual revision Women's Economic Thought in the Romantic Age retrieves women's overlooked intellectual contributions and radically breaks down the barriers between literature and economics. It will be of interest to researchers and students from across the humanities and social sciences in particular the history of economic thought English literary and cultural studies gender studies economics eighteenth - century and Romantic studies social history and the history of ideas. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives (CC - BY - NC - ND) 4.0 license.
Title: Womens Economic Thought In The Romantic Age Towards A Transdisciplinary Herstory Of Economic Thought
Author(s): Rostek Joanna (University Of Giessen Germany)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367074272
Pages: 296 Pages, 4 Tables, Black And White; 2 Halftones, Black And White; 2 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 1/21/2021
Series: Routledge IAFFE Advances in Feminist Economics
Category: Economic History