2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Female Historians and the Transformation of Print Culture in Modern America
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19520647
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Doshisha University |
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Principal Investigator |
HIGOMOTO Yoshio Doshisha University, 言語文化教育研究センター, 教授 (00247793)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 南北アメリカ史 / 出版文化 / ナショナリズム / 共和主義 / 女性史 |
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| Research Abstract |
Focusing on the decades between the American Revolution and the antebellum period, this study analyzes how the transformation of print culture influenced gender relations and vice versa. In the aftermath of the Revolution a flood of printed material helped to shape a modern public sphere that was multilayered and often more strictly restricted by race and gender. Many middle-class women, who were excluded from suffrage, began to play prominent roles in education and the publishing industry. This study reveals that most of their language and behaviors associated with female benevolence and virtue not only endorsed the concept of "women's sphere" but helped spread the idea of expanding the "Empire of Liberty" across the country.
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