Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-277) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Theorizing a politics of the female body : language and resistance -- Indigenous Third World female traditions of resistance : a recuperation of herstories -- English education socializing the female body : cultural alienations within the parameters of race, class, and color -- Cultural "traditions" exiling the female body -- Motherhood demystified.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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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JSTOR
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22573/ctt4jz08t
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Title
Politics of the female body.
International Standard Book Number
0813537150
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Commonwealth
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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-- Commonwealth countries-- Intellectual life.
Women-- Developing countries-- Intellectual life.
Women in literature.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Écrits de femme anglais du Commonwealth-- Histoire et critique.
Féminisme et littérature-- Pays du Commonwealth.
Féminisme et littérature-- Pays en voie de développement.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature-- Pays du Commonwealth.
Femmes et littérature-- Pays en voie de développement.
Femmes-- Pays du Commonwealth-- Vie intellectuelle.
Femmes-- Pays en voie de développement-- Vie intellectuelle.
Littérature du Commonwealth (anglaise)-- Histoire et critique.
Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.
Commonwealth literature (English)-- Women authors.