Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures

Name: Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures
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ISBN: 9780415912129

ISBN-10: 0415912121

ISBN-13: 9780415912129

Edition: 1997

Authors: M. Jacqui Alexander, Chandra Talpade Mohanty

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This collection of original work charts the various feminist theories and practices that address imperialism, post-colonialism, and the advanced capital nation-state.

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/20/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.02" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Genealogies, Legacies, Movements




Women Workers and Capitalist Scripts: Ideologies of Domination, Common Interests, and the Politics of Solidarity




"A Great Way to Fly": Nationalism, the State, and the Varieties of Third-World Feminism




Sheroes and Villains: Conceptualizing Colonial and Contemporary Violence Against Women in Africa




Erotic Autonomy as a Politics of Decolonization: An Anatomy of Feminist and State Practice in the Bahamas Tourist Economy




Civil Rights versus Sovereignty: Native American Women in Life and Land Struggles




Postmodernism, "Realism," and the Politics of Identity: Cherrie Moraga and Chicana Feminism




Probing "Morality" and State Violence: Feminist Values and Communicative Interaction in Prison Testimonios in India and Argentina




Toward a Genealogy of Black Female Sexuality: The Problematic of Silence




Post-Third-Worldist Culture: Gender, Nation, and the Cinema




Ring Ding in a Tight Corner: Sistren, Collective Democracy, and the Organization of Cultural Production




Looking at Ourselves: The Women's Movement in Hyderabad




The Dynamics of WINning: An Analysis of Women in Nigeria (WIN)




The Public/Private Mirage: Mapping Homes and Undomesticating Violence Work in the South Asian Immigrant Community




One Finger Does Not Drink Okra Soup: Afro-Surinamese Women and Critical Agency



Notes


Contributors


Index