Politics of the Female Body : Postcolonial Women Writers.

Is it possible to simultaneously belong to and be exiled from a community? In "Politics of the Female Body," Ketu H. Katrak argues that it is not only possible, but common, especially for women who have been subjects of colonial empires. Through her careful analysis of postcolonial literar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rutgers University Press 2006.
Temas:
Commonwealth literature (English) > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women > Commonwealth countries > Intellectual life.
Women > Developing countries > Intellectual life.
Feminism and literature > Commonwealth countries.
Feminism and literature > Developing countries.
Women and literature > Commonwealth countries.
Women and literature > Developing countries.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Human body in literature.
Women in literature.
Femmes > Pays du Commonwealth > Vie intellectuelle.
Femmes et littérature > Pays du Commonwealth.
Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Commonwealth literature (English) > Women authors
Feminism and literature
Human body in literature
Postcolonialism in literature
Women and literature
Women in literature
Women > Intellectual life
Commonwealth countries
Developing countries
Electronic resource.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface58; Bodies of Imagination in Postcolonial Cultures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 158; Theorizing a Politics of the Female Body58; Language and Resistance
  • Chapter 258; Indigenous Third World Female Traditions of Resistance58; A Recuperation of Herstories
  • Chapter 358; English Education Socializing the Female Body58; Cultural Alienations within the Parameters of Race44; Class44; and Color
  • Chapter 458; Cultural 8220;Traditions8221; Exiling the Female Body
  • Chapter 558; Motherhood Demystified
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author
  • Last Page.

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