LEADER 04541nam 2200817Ia 450 001 9910777653103321 005 20230828211001.0 010 $a1-280-94707-1 010 $a9786610947072 010 $a0-8135-3930-7 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813539300 035 $a(CKB)1000000000464990 035 $a(EBL)966960 035 $a(OCoLC)744987199 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000224153 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11191272 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224153 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10205536 035 $a(PQKB)10139451 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC966960 035 $a(OCoLC)71844106 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21301 035 $a(DE-B1597)528948 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813539300 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL966960 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132093 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL94707 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000464990 100 $a20050422d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPolitics of the female body$b[electronic resource] $epostcolonial women writers of the Third World /$fKetu H. Katrak 210 $aPiscataway, N.J. ;$aLondon $cRutgers University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (326 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-3714-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-277) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$t1. Theorizing a Politics of the Female Body: Language and Resistance --$t2. Indigenous Third World Female Traditions of Resistance: A Recuperation of Herstories --$t3. English Education Socializing the Female Body: Cultural Alienations within the Parameters of Race, Class, and Color --$t4. Cultural ?Traditions? Exiling the Female Body --$t5. Motherhood Demystified --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aIs 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 literary texts, Katrak uncovers the ways that the female body becomes a site of both oppression and resistance. She examines writers working in the English language, including Anita Desai from India, Ama Ata Aidoo from Ghana, and Merle Hodge from Trinidad, among others. The writers share colonial histories, a sense of solidarity, and resistance strategies in the on-going struggles of decolonization that center on the body. Bringing together a rich selection of primary texts, Katrak examines published novels, poems, stories, and essays, as well as activist materials, oral histories, and pamphlets?forms that push against the boundaries of what is considered strictly literary. In these varied materials, she reveals common political and feminist alliances across geographic boundaries. A unique comparative look at women?s literary work and its relationship to the body in third world societies, this text will be of interest to literary scholars and to those working in the fields of postcolonial studies and women?s studies. 606 $aCommonwealth literature (English)$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen$zCommonwealth countries$xIntellectual life 606 $aWomen$zDeveloping countries$xIntellectual life 606 $aFeminism and literature$zCommonwealth countries 606 $aFeminism and literature$zDeveloping countries 606 $aWomen and literature$zCommonwealth countries 606 $aWomen and literature$zDeveloping countries 606 $aPostcolonialism in literature 606 $aHuman body in literature 606 $aWomen in literature 615 0$aCommonwealth literature (English)$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aWomen$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aFeminism and literature 615 0$aFeminism and literature 615 0$aWomen and literature 615 0$aWomen and literature 615 0$aPostcolonialism in literature. 615 0$aHuman body in literature. 615 0$aWomen in literature. 676 $a820.9928709171241 700 $aKatrak$b Ketu H$0243501 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777653103321 996 $aPolitics of the female body$93778130 997 $aUNINA