Constructing an historical narrative : change and continuity in
women's lives in China Henderson, Deborah J. (2007) Constructing
an historical narrative : change and continuity in women's lives
in China. QHistory, pp. 4-12. This article explores the
significance of historical narratives for teaching history in
Australia in three ways. First, it contextualises some recent
claims and assumptions about the nature and purpose of
historical narrative with reference to developments in history
teaching in Australia. Second, it explicates some features of a
transnational narrative written for Australian students. This
narrative on the changes and continuities in women’s lives in
China is presented with an accompanying glossary as the third
and final segment of the article. In framing the analysis in
this way, the article aims to demonstrate that narrative
portrayals of the continuities and changes of past ideas and
events are always determined by the standpoint of the historian
and, unlike recent claims, are open to