Engendering History: Caribbean Women in Historical Perspective

by Verene A. Shepherd

Engendering History broadens the base of empirical knowledge on Caribbean women's history and re-evaluates the body of work that exists. The book is pan-Caribbean in its approach, though most articles are on the English-speaking Caribbean, highlighting the research pattern in Caribbean women's history.

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Verene Albertha Shepherd (née Lazarus; born 1951) is a Jamaican academic who is a professor of social history at the University of the West Indies in Mona. She is the director of the university's Institute for Gender and Development Studies, and specialises in Jamaican social history and diaspora studies.

Reviews

[Tina]

First book-- a collection of essays by scholars and some primary sources