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Politics of the female body [[electronic resource] ] : postcolonial women writers of the Third World / / Ketu H. Katrak



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Autore: Katrak Ketu H Visualizza persona
Titolo: Politics of the female body [[electronic resource] ] : postcolonial women writers of the Third World / / Ketu H. Katrak Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Piscataway, N.J. ; ; London, : Rutgers University Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
Disciplina: 820.9928709171241
Soggetto topico: 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
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-277) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Theorizing a Politics of the Female Body: Language and Resistance -- 2. Indigenous Third World Female Traditions of Resistance: A Recuperation of Herstories -- 3. English Education Socializing the Female Body: Cultural Alienations within the Parameters of Race, Class, and Color -- 4. Cultural “Traditions” Exiling the Female Body -- 5. Motherhood Demystified -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: 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 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Politics of the female body  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-94707-1
9786610947072
0-8135-3930-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777653103321
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