Einführung:: Die Historiographie der letzten Jahre zu Postemanzipation und Gender

Abstract

Introduction: The historiography of postemancipation and gender

This part does not only introduce the articles of this volume of COMPARATIV, but also gives a short overview of actual trends in postemancipation history concerning Brazil and some regions of the Caribbean and Africa. Reflections about the entanglement of slavery / postemancipation history and gender history, existing research results and open questions in this field follow.