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...
