Dislocating Cultures - Identities, Traditions, and Third World Feminism

Dislocating Cultures takes aim at the related notions of nation, identity, and tradition to show how Western and Third World scholars have misrepresented Third World cultures and feminist agendas. Drawing attention to the political forces that have spawned, shaped, and perpetuated these misrepresentations since colonial times, Uma Narayan inspects the underlying problems which "culture" poses for the respect of difference and cross-cultural understanding.

Questioning the problematic roles assigned to Third World subjects within multiculturalism, Narayan examines ways in which the flow of information across national contexts affects our understanding of issues. Dislocating Cultures contributes a philosophical perspective on areas of ongoing interest such as nationalism, post-colonial studies, and the cultural politics of debates over tradition and "westernization" in Third World contexts.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Contesting Cultures; Chapter 2 Restoring History and Politics to “Third-World Traditions”; Chapter 3 Cross-Cultural Connections, Border-Crossings, and “Death by Culture”; Chapter 4 Through the Looking-Glass Darkly; Chapter 5 Eating Cultures;

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Uma Narayan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vassar College.

Zusammenfassung

Dislocating Cultures takes aim at the related notions of nation, identity, and tradition to show how Western and Third World scholars have misrepresented Third World cultures and feminist agendas.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Uma Narayan, Narayan Uma
• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 23.07.1997
• EAN: 9780415914185
• ISBN: 978-0-415-91418-5
• Seiten: 240
• Gewicht: 600 g
• Serie: Thinking Gender
• Themen: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Cultural Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Developing Countries, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Development Studies, Global South / Developing countries