320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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Jane Duran's Worlds of Knowing begins to fill an enormous gap in the literature of feminist epistemology: a wide-ranging, cross-cultural primer on worldviews and epistemologies of various cultures and their appropriations by indigenous feminist movements in those cultures. It is the much needed epistemological counterpart to work on cross-cultural feminist social and political philosophy. This... Read more
Part 1 Part I Beginnings; Chapter 1 Knowledges/Foci; Part 2 Part 2 Asian Focal Points; Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Northern India and Its Cultures; Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Dravidian India and Its Cultures; Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Bangladesh and Islam; Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Nepal and the Himalayan Societies; Part 3 Part 3 New World Focal Points; Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Mexico and the Mestizaje; Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Guatemala and the Indigenous; Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Chicana/os; Chapter 9 Chapter 9 The African Diaspora in the United States; Part 4 Part 4 Endings; Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Retrievals/Outcomes; Notes Index;
Biography
Jane Duran is a Fellow in the Philosophy Department and a Lecturer in the Humanities at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Philosophies of Science/Feminist Theories (1997).
"the ideal person to write a book on global feminist epistemologies. Her approach is historical and sociological as well as philosophical. The breadth and depth as well as the originality of Duran's book cannot be overemphasized." -- Rosemarie Tong, author of Feminine and Feminist Ethics
"This book is very valuable for its useful information about women from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives." -- Michelle Renee Matisons
"Those looking for a clear statement of contemporary work under the rubric of feminist philosophy should find this work very useful." -- Joanne B. Waugh, University of South Florida
