Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism

Author: Chandra Talpade Mohanty
Secondary Author: Ann Russo
ISBN: 9780253206329

"The essays are provocative and enhance knowledge of Third World women's issues. Highly recommended... "Â —Choice"... the book challenges assumptions and pushes historic and geographical boundaries that must be altered if women of all colors are to win the struggles thrust upon us by the 'new world order' of the 1990s." —New Directions for Women"This surely is a book for anyone trying to comprehend the ways sexism fuels racism in a post-colonial, post-Cold War world that remains dangerous for most women." —Cynthia H. Enloe"... provocative analyses of the simultaneous oppressions of race, class, gender and sexuality... a powerful collection." —Gloria Anzaldúa"... propels third world feminist perspectives from the periphery to the cutting edge of feminist theory in the 1990s." —Aihwa Ong"... a carefully presented wealth of much-needed information." —Audre Lorde"... it is a significant book." —The Bloomsbury Review"... excellent... The nondoctrinaire approach to the Third

Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publish Date: 1991

Subjects: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Global Feminism)