Gender Epistemologies and Eurasian Borderlands

Tlostanova examines Central Asia and the Caucasus to trace the genealogy of feminism in those regions following the dissolution of the USSR. The forms it takes resist interpretation through the lenses of Western feminist theory and woman of color feminism, hence Eurasian borderland feminism must chart a third path.

Table des matières

Introduction PART I: FROM THIRD-WORLD FEMINISM TO DECOLONIAL GENDER EPISTEMOLOGIES Between Third-World/Women of Color Feminism and Decolonial Feminism Decolonial Feminism and the Decolonial Turn PART II: COLONIALITY OF GENDER IN THE WORLD OF THE SECONDARY COLONIAL DIFFERENCE (CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA) Race/Body/Gender and Coloniality in the Russian/Soviet Empire and its Colonies Quasi-Scientific Racism and Gender in Russian and Soviet discourses Dirt Fetish and Commodity Racism Soviet Way Colonial Gender Tricksterism in Central Asia and Caucasus PART III: TRANS-EPISTEMIC DIALOGUES AND CONTEMPORARY GENDER DISCOURSES IN CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA Eurasian Borderlands in Dialogue with Mesoamerica Two Dialogues Conclusion: Why Cut the Feet in Order to Fit the Western Shoes?

A propos de l'auteur

MADINA TLOSTANOVAProfessor of History of Philosophy at Peoples' Friendship University of Russia.

Résumé

Tlostanova examines Central Asia and the Caucasus to trace the genealogy of feminism in those regions following the dissolution of the USSR. The forms it takes resist interpretation through the lenses of Western feminist theory and woman of color feminism, hence Eurasian borderland feminism must chart a third path.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: M Tlostanova, M. Tlostanova, Madina Tlostanova
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 26.11.2010
• EAN: 9781349291229
• ISBN: 978-1-349-29122-9
• Pages: 260
• Thèmes: Comparative Feminist Studies; Comparative Feminist Studies
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Etudes de genre; B, Gender Studies, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology, Political Sociology, Ethnology, Social & cultural anthropology, Epistemology, Sociology, general, area studies, Regional Studies, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Sociocultural Anthropology, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge