1st Edition
Negotiating Decolonization in the United Nations Politics of Space, Identity, and International Community
Introduction
Chapter 1 Kinship Politics: Space, Identity and International Community Prior to Legal Decolonization
Chapter 2 Research Questions and Strategy of Inquiry
Chapter 3 (Re)negotiating Kinship Politics, (Re)negotiating the
‘Colonial’: The Rational versus the Moral in the Debates on Decolonization
Chapter 4 The Limits of the Anti-Colonial Critique: Anti-Colonialists’ Visions and Divisions
Chapter 5 Contending with Kinship: Narratives and Counter-Narratives
Chapter 6 Masculinity, Time and Brotherhood: ‘Resolving’ the Colonial Problematic
Chapter 7 Conclusion: Twentieth Century Transformations of Space, Identity and International Community
Appendix: Tables and Figures
Works Cited
Biography
Vrushali Patil is an Assistant Professor at Florida International University, where she holds a joint appointment in the Program of Women’s Studies and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. She has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Maryland, College Park and is the author of "Gender Oppression."






