Anaïs Albert reflects on form of HMF and problem addressing social structures (class, gender, race) in chapters defined by dates. Women appear as exceptional individuals, rather than group or social category
An hour into this Collège de France colloque on the Histoire mondiale de la France and the only woman who’s even been mentioned so far is the Seuil editor who commissioned the book. Now wishing Lauren Clay & I had highlighted the gender politics of the debate in our forthcoming volume