Interventions by Bishnupriya Ghosh & Brinda Bose

Interventions

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  • Genre Political Science
  • Publisher Duke University Press
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  • Size 4.28 MB
  • Length 400 Pages

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The editors are committed to destroying perceptions and stereotypes of third world women as passive victims who need to be "liberated" by Western feminists. The essays address cases in which women have challenged and resisted the political formations-nationalist struggles, revolutions, religious fundamentalist practices, and authoritarian regimes-that shape their daily lives. Each critic presents a close reading of the circumstances under which the feminist writers and film-makers.

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