The Politics of the Female Body : : Postcolonial Women Writers / / Ketu Katrak.
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, Kat...
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Katrak, Ketu, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Politics of the Female Body : Postcolonial Women Writers / Ketu Katrak. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2006] ©2006 1 online resource (328 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023) Commonwealth literature (English) Women authors History and criticism. Feminism and literature Commonwealth countries. Feminism and literature Developing countries. Human body in literature. Postcolonialism in literature. Women and literature Commonwealth countries. Women and literature Developing countries. Women in literature Commonwealth countries Developing countries. Women in literature. Women Intellectual life Commonwealth countries. Women Intellectual life Developing countries. Women Commonwealth countries Intellectual life. Women Developing countries Intellectual life. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110688610 print 9780813537146 https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813539300 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813539300 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780813539300/original |
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