History and Women; Culture and Faith is a five-volume collection of eighty essays and journal articles spanning the extraordinary intellectual career of Elizabeth Fox-Genovese (1941-2007). A working scholar for more than three decades; Fox-Genovese made significant contributions to European and American southern history and became one of the most provocative scholars and educators of her time as she evolved from a Marxist to a feminist to a prolife Roman Catholic. Although she authored or coauthored ten well-received books; her prolific output as an essayist is less well known. This multivolume collection celebrates the scope of her scholarship and invites a fresh assessment of her legacy and influence.After completing her first book in the late 1970s; Fox-Genovese turned her attention to the history of women in Europe; and; over the next thirty years; she emerged as a central and controversial figure in women's studies. Published together for the first time; the nineteen essays in Volume I: Women Past and Present reflect Fox-Genovese's influential development as a historian of women; a feminist; and an individual who was not afraid to challenge her own previously held ideas. Yet; while the essays span Fox-Genovese's changing ideology; they also give readers the chance to view Fox-Genovese's work and scholarship as a coherent whole. Throughout these essays; Fox-Genovese demonstrates a commitment to women's needs; to the study of both women in history and women's texts; and to the claims that society has on female and male individuals. Always informed by a historical perspective; her discussion is sometimes explicitly historical; as in "Property and Patriarchy" or "Women's History in History." In other instances her focus is more contemporary; as in "Feminism and the Rhetoric of Individual Rights" or "Beyond Autonomy." In every case; however; her trenchancy of argument; impressive erudition; and informed passion command serious attention. In her searching introduction; Deborah A. Symonds maps the trajectory of Fox-Genovese's career and the extensive historical and social engagements of Fox-Genovese's scholarship. Volume 1 also includes a foreword by Peter N. Stearns; provost and professor of history at George Mason University and editor in chief of the Journal of Social History.
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