A Feminist History of Emotional Politics: Historicizing the “Angry Woman”

Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 5
Saturday, January 9, 2027: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Napoleon Ballroom A3 (Sheraton New Orleans, 3rd Floor)
Chair:
April French, University of Wyoming
Papers:
Rosa Luxemburg’s “Hysterical Materialism” in Feminist Perspective
Natalie Cornett, McGill University
Negotiating Gender in the Politics of Rage: Black Women and Black Power in the United States, 1950s–80s
Megan Finch, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Diagnosing Anger: The “Angry Woman Syndrome” and the Medicalization of Women’s Emotions
Stephanie Pache, Université du Québec à Montréal
Comment:
Elisa Camiscioli, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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