Lilith 16: 2007
Welcome to the sixteenth edition of Lilith, the only Australian
journal dedicated to the publication of feminist history. The theme
of this issue follows from last year’s symposium, ‘A Feminist
History of Violence: History as a Weapon of Liberation?’ The theme
was chosen, not because feminist critiques of violence are new, but
rather because we believe that feminist critiques of violence
remain necessary.
In a way, to say that this theme is particularly relevant at the moment would be to disregard the ongoing violence against women and other disempowered communities both in Australia and out. Nonetheless, we feel that there is a gaping need for a feminist analysis of a number of things happening today. As feminist historians we know that using gender as a category of analysis provide...
