History as Performance: Political Movements in Galicia Around 1900

This study analyzes history as performance, examining womens politics in Habsburg Galicia around 1900. It shows how the movements constructed collectives, experience, and a historically based inevitability of change, legitimizing participation and intervention through social policy and educational practices.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 318 pages
\n Publication date: 07 September 2020
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
\n

This comprehensive study delves into the realm of history as performance, exploring the intricate interplay between actors, plays, stages, and enactments. By examining the politics of women in Habsburg Galicia around 1900, the study sheds light on the diverse perspectives of a Polish woman active in the peasant movement, a Ukrainian feminist, and a Jewish Zionist. Through a meticulous analysis, it unveils how these movements constructed essentialized collectives, viewed experience as a tangible form of credibility, and embraced a historically rooted inevitability of change. Moreover, the study demonstrates how these movements legitimized participation and intervention through social policy and educational practices.

Common characteristics among these movements included a claim to interpretive sovereignty, the ritualization of participation, and the establishment of truths about the past and the future. This study not only contributes to our understanding of women's politics in a specific historical context but also offers valuable insights into the broader dynamics of social movements and their impact on society.

\n Weight: 904g\n
Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367545710\n \n