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Dislocating cultures

Paperback • 1997 • English

Dislocating cultures: Identities, traditions , and third world feminism

By Uma Narayan

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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 assigne...Show more

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9780415914192

Published year

1997

Language

English

Original title

Dislocating cultures

Format

Paperback

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