01Papers · Jan 1984
Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses
Chandra Talpade MohantyThis 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.