Engendering a nation adopts a sophisticated feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representations of nationhood in early modern england taking the shakespearean history play as their point of departure the authors argue that the change from dynastic kingdom to modern nation was integrally connected to shifts in cultural understandings of gender and in the social . Engendering a nation adopts a sophisticated feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representations of nationhood in early modern england plays featured include king john henry vi part i henry vi part ii henry part iii richard iii richard ii henry v it will be a must for students and scholars interested in the cultural and social implications of shakespeare . Engendering a nation a feminist account of shakespeares english histories jean e howard ph d jean elizabeth howard phyllis rackin professor department of english phyllis rackin t l j howard limited preview 1997. Engendering a nation book read 2 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers engendering a nation adopts a sophisticated feminist analysis t. Engendering a nation adopts a sophisticated feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representations of nationhood in early modern england taking the shakespearean history play as their point of departure the authors argue that the change from dynastic kingdom to modern nation was integrally connected to shifts in cultural understandings of gender and in the social