Politics of the female body : postcolonial women writers of the Third World /
Is it possible to simultaneously belong to and be exiled from a community? Arguing that it is possible, the author uncovers the ways that the female body becomes a site of both oppression and resistance. She reveals common political and feminist alliances across geographic boundaries.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press
©2006.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5hhxsr |
| Summary: | Is it possible to simultaneously belong to and be exiled from a community? Arguing that it is possible, the author uncovers the ways that the female body becomes a site of both oppression and resistance. She reveals common political and feminist alliances across geographic boundaries. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxix, 291 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-277) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813539307 9780813539300 9780813537146 0813537142 9780813537153 0813537150 |