Feminist Postcolonial Theory: A Reader by Reina Lewis (English) Paperback Book

Description: Feminist Postcolonial Theory by Reina Lewis, Sara Mills The influential readings collected for this volume reflect not just the textual and discursive nature of colonial and postcolonial discourse in relation to gender, but also the material effects of the postcolonial condition and practices developed in relation to it. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The influential readings collected for this volume reflect not just the textual and discursive nature of colonial and postcolonial discourse in relation to gender, but also the material effects of the postcolonial condition and practices developed in relation to it. The volume seeks to open up the field by juxtaposing a number of contested subjects. Readings cover a range of geographical regions including: South-east Asia, India, Africa, Latin America, Canada, Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, Australia and Ireland. Key topics include: colonialism and anti-colonialism, otherness, sexuality, sexual rights, the harem and the veil, space and writing, and aboriginal and indigenous womens issues. Not only does this anthology address the lack of attention to gender and feminism in early studies of colonial discourse, it also provides resources for readers to trace the developments in feminism as it responds to postcolonial critiques of First World feminism. Author Biography Reina Lewis is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of East London. She is author of Gendering Orientalism: Race, Representation and Femininity (Routledge 1996) and co-editor, with Peter Horne, of Outlooks: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities and Visual Cultures (1996). Sara Mills is author of books on feminism and postcolonialism and also on feminist linguistics and text analysis, including Discourses of Difference: Womens Travel Writing and Colonialism (1991) and Feminist Stylistics (1997). Table of Contents Introduction; Section 1: Gendering Colonialism and Postcolonialism/Radicalising Feminism; 1.1 Audre Lorde: The Masters Tools Will Never Dismantle the Masters House; 1.2 Adrienne Rich: Notes Towards a Politics of Location; 1.3 Gita Sahgal and Nira Yuval-Davis: The Uses of Fundamentalism; 1.4 Chandra Talpade Mohanty: Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses; 1.5 Chela Sandoval: US Third World Feminism: The Theory and Method of Oppositional Consciousness in the Postmodern World; Section 2: Rethinking Whiteness; 2.1 Vron Ware: To Make the Facts Known: Racial Terror and the Construction of White Femininity; 2.2 Natalie Zemon Davis: Iroquois Women, European Women; 2.3 Jane Haggis: White Women and Colonialism: Towards a Non-Recuperative History; 2.4 Ien Ang: Im a Feminist but! :Other Women and Postnational Feminism; 2.5 bell hooks: The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators; 2.6 Hazel V. Carby: On the Threshold of Womens Era: Lynching, Empire and Sexuality in Black Feminist Theory; Section 3: Redefining The Third World Subject; 3.1 Ania Loomba: Dead Women Tell No tales: Issues of Female Subjectivity, Subaltern Agency and Tradition in Colonial and Post-colonial Writings on Widow Immolation in India; 3.2 Deniz Kandiyoti: End of Empire: Islam, Nationalism and Women in Turkey; 3.3 Kirin Narayan: How Native is a Native Anthropologist?; 3.4 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: Three Womens Texts and a Critique of Imperialism; 3.5 Rey Chow: Where Have all the Natives Gone?; Section 4: Sexuality and Sexual Rights; 4.1 Angela Davis: Racism, Birth Control and Reproductive Rights; 4.2 Francoise Lionnet: Feminisms and Universalisms: Universal Rights and the Legal Debate Around the Practice of Female Excision in France; 4.3 Aihwa Ong: State Versus Islam: Malay Families, Womens Bodies and the Body Politic in Malaysia; 4.4 Alison Murray: Debt-Bondage and Trafficking: Dont Believe the Hype; 4.5 Mrinalini Sinha: Reconfiguring Hierarchies: The Ilbert Bill Controversy, 1883-84; 4.6 Joseph A. Boone: Vacation Cruises; or, The Homoerotics of Orientalism; Section 5: Harem and the Veil; 5.1 Fatima Mernissi: The Meaning of Spatial Boundaries; 5.2 Sarah Graham-Brown: The Seen, the Unseen and the Imagined: Private and Public Lives; 5.3 Reina Lewis: On Veiling, Vision and Voyage: Cross-cultural Dressing and Narratives of Identity; 5.4 Meyda Ye. Review This wonderful reader consists of interesting, important and useful material on feminism and postcolonialism, bringing together some of the most influential writings in gender and postcolonial theory from the 1980s and 1990s. -- Johanna Kantola This is a wonderful compilation of highly interesting and useful material, exactly what one would expect from such experienced scholars in the field. -- Professor Sneja Gunew, University of British Columbia Long Description The influential readings collected for this volume reflect not just the textual and discursive nature of colonial and postcolonial discourse in relation to gender, but also the material effects of the postcolonial condition and practices developed in relation to it. The volume seeks to open up the field by juxtaposing a number of contested subjects. Readings cover a range of geographical regions including: South-east Asia, India, Africa, Latin America, Canada, Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, Australia and Ireland. Key topics include: colonialism and anti-colonialism, otherness, sexuality, sexual rights, the harem and the veil, space and writing, and aboriginal and indigenous womens issues. Not only does this anthology address the lack of attention to gender and feminism in early studies of colonial discourse, it also provides resources for readers to trace the developments in feminism as it responds to postcolonial critiques of First World feminism. Review Quote This wonderful reader consists of interesting, important and useful material on feminism and postcolonialism, bringing together some of the most influential writings in gender and postcolonial theory from the 1980s and 1990s. Description for Reader The influential readings collected for this volume reflect not just the textual and discursive nature of colonial and postcolonial discourse in relation to gender, but also the material effects of the postcolonial condition and practices developed in relation to it. The volume seeks to open up the field by juxtaposing a number of contested subjects. Readings cover a range of geographical regions including: South-east Asia, India, Africa, Latin America, Canada, Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, Australia and Ireland. Key topics include: colonialism and anti-colonialism, otherness, sexuality, sexual rights, the harem and the veil, space and writing, and aboriginal and indigenous womens issues. Not only does this anthology address the lack of attention to gender and feminism in early studies of colonial discourse, it also provides resources for readers to trace the developments in feminism as it responds to postcolonial critiques of First World feminism. Details ISBN0748613498 Pages 754 Publisher Edinburgh University Press Year 2003 ISBN-10 0748613498 ISBN-13 9780748613496 Format Paperback Imprint Edinburgh University Press Subtitle A Reader Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Reina Lewis Short Title FEMINIST POSTCOLONIAL THEORY Language English Media Book Author Sara Mills DEWEY 801.95 Publication Date 2003-07-08 DOI 10.1604/9780748613496 UK Release Date 2003-07-08 NZ Release Date 2003-07-08 Audience General AU Release Date 2003-10-14 Alternative 9780748613502 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133482311;

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