1st Edition
Dislocating Cultures Identities, Traditions, and Third World Feminism
By Uma Narayan
Copyright 1998
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Dislocating Cultures takes aim at the related notions of nation, identity, and tradition to show how Western and Third World scholars have misrepresented Third World cultures and feminist agendas. Drawing attention to the political forces that have spawned, shaped, and perpetuated these misrepresentations since colonial times, Uma Narayan inspects the underlying problems which "culture" poses... Read more
Chapter 1 Contesting Cultures; Chapter 2 Restoring History and Politics to “Third-World Traditions”; Chapter 3 Cross-Cultural Connections, Border-Crossings, and “Death by Culture”; Chapter 4 Through the Looking-Glass Darkly; Chapter 5 Eating Cultures;
Biography
Uma Narayan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vassar College.
"A thoughtful analysis and candid appraisal of the obstacles to transnational feminist understanding, Narayan's discussion of the problems is a step in the right direction." -- Hypatia
"Helpful addition for teaching non-Western and comparative women's studies courses." -- National Women's Studies Journal
