The Politics of the Female Body : Postcolonial Women Writers
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 historie
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Preface: Bodies of Imagination in Postcolonial Cultures; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Theorizing a Politics of the Female Body: Language and Resistance; Chapter 2: Indigenous Third World Female Traditions of Resistance: A Recuperation of Herstories; Chapter 3: English Education Socializing the Female Body: Cultural Alienations within the Parameters of Race, Class, and Color; Chapter 4: Cultural "Traditions" Exiling the Female Body; Chapter 5: Motherhood Demystified; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author
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