34 min
Postcolonial Feminism Gender Troubles
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This week, Eva and Emma get into an introduction to Postcolonial Feminism. They discuss the origins of postcolonial theory, examine how Western feminists frame so-called "third world" women and highlight the ways in which feminist rhetoric gets weaponized to perpetuate colonialism.
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Reading List:
Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth
Routledge’s The post-colonial studies reader
Chandra Mohanty, “Under Western Eyes”
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, “Can the Subaltern Speak”
Sara Ahmed, excerpt from Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality
Lila Abu‐Lughod, "Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?"
Angela Y. Davis, Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
Rich, Janine, “"Saving" Muslim Women: Feminism, U.S Policy and the War on Terror”
image: Leyly Matine-Daftary, PORTRAIT OF FARIDEH GOUHARI
This week, Eva and Emma get into an introduction to Postcolonial Feminism. They discuss the origins of postcolonial theory, examine how Western feminists frame so-called "third world" women and highlight the ways in which feminist rhetoric gets weaponized to perpetuate colonialism.
Follow us on social media:
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
Support us on Patreon
We are a proud member of the Harbinger Media Network
Reading List:
Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth
Routledge’s The post-colonial studies reader
Chandra Mohanty, “Under Western Eyes”
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, “Can the Subaltern Speak”
Sara Ahmed, excerpt from Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality
Lila Abu‐Lughod, "Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?"
Angela Y. Davis, Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
Rich, Janine, “"Saving" Muslim Women: Feminism, U.S Policy and the War on Terror”
image: Leyly Matine-Daftary, PORTRAIT OF FARIDEH GOUHARI
34 min