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Postcolonial Feminism

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Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

Gloria Anzaldúa (1987)

This groundbreaking semi-autobiographical work explores Mexican-American women's border identity through a blend of poetry and prose. Anzaldúa introduces the concept of 'new mestiza consciousness,' challenging traditional binary thinking and understanding borders as psychological, social, and cultural hybrid zones.

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Can the Subaltern Speak?

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak • January 1, 1988

This foundational text of postcolonial feminist theory questions the possibility of Western intellectuals representing the oppressed. Through analyzing colonial discourse on Indian widow immolation (sati), Spivak reveals the imperialist logic of 'white men saving brown women from brown men,' arguing that subaltern women are structurally silenced under the dual oppression of colonialism and patriarchy.

Postcolonial Feminism Decolonial Feminism Subaltern Studies +2

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Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses

Chandra Talpade Mohanty • January 1, 1984

This groundbreaking article critiques Western feminism's discursive construction of 'Third World women,' revealing colonialist tendencies in feminist scholarship. Mohanty demonstrates how Western feminism homogenizes non-Western women as victims, ignoring their agency and diversity, laying the foundation for transnational and decolonial feminist theory.

Postcolonial Feminism Third World Feminism Transnational Feminism +3

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