The Identity Politics of Postcolonial Feminism Strategies of Essentialism |
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| Author:
| Chakraborty, Mridula Nath |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78527-851-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2025 |
| Publisher: | Anthem Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $35.00USD $140.00 |
Book Description:
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The Identity Politics of Postcolonial Feminism provides an original analysis of the conceptual categories of essentialisms (situated and strategic) and the politics of location evoked and practised by five hyphenated South Asian postcolonial feminists in the contemporary Anglo-North-American academy: Himani Bannerji, Inderpal Grewal, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Sherene H. Razack and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
The Identity Politics of Postcolonial Feminism provides an original analysis of the conceptual categories of essentialisms (situated and strategic) and the politics of location evoked and practised by five hyphenated South Asian postcolonial feminists in the contemporary Anglo-North-American academy: Himani Bannerji, Inderpal Grewal, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Sherene H. Razack and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.