Source materials from European archives intended for researching the humanities from a gendered perspective.

Defining Gender contains original source material from British and European archives for those studying history, literature, sociology, education, and cultural studies from a gendered perspective. Defining Gender is structured into five sections, each containing a substantial body original source material, together with thematic essays be leading scholars in the field: Conduct and Politeness; Domesticity and the Family, Consumption and Leisure; Education and Sensibility, and; The Body.