| Dislocating Cultures: Identities, Traditions, and Third World Feminism Contributor(s): Narayan, Uma (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415914191 ISBN-13: 9780415914192 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1997 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Philosophy - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| LCCN: 97-12405 |
| Series: Thinking Gender |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.03" W x 9.04" (0.74 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |