Title Politics of the Female Body : Postcolonial Women Writers

Published Rutgers University Press 2006

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover -- Contents -- Preface58; Bodies of Imagination in Postcolonial Cultures -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 158; Theorizing a Politics of the Female Body58; Language and Resistance -- Chapter 258; Indigenous Third World Female Traditions of Resistance58; A Recuperation of Herstories -- Chapter 358; English Education Socializing the Female Body58; Cultural Alienations within the Parameters of Race44; Class44; and Color -- Chapter 458; Cultural 8220;Traditions8221; Exiling the Female Body -- Chapter 558; Motherhood Demystified -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author -- Last Page Summary Is it possible to simultaneously belong to and be exiled from a community? In "Politics of the Female Body," Ketu H. Katrak argues that it is not only possible, but common, especially for women who have been subjects of colonial empires. Through her careful analysis of postcolonial literary texts, Katrak uncovers the ways that the female body becomes a site of both oppression and resistance. She examines writers working in the English language, including Anita Desai from India, Ama Ata Aidoo from Ghana, and Merle Hodge from Trinidad. The writers share colonial histories, a sense of solidarity, and resistance strategies in the on-going struggles of decolonization that center on the body. Bringing together a rich selection of primary texts, Katrak examines published novels, poems, stories, and essays, as well as activist materials, oral histories, pamphlets, and street theater scripts - forms that push against the boundaries of what is considered strictly literary. In these varied materials, she reveals common political and feminist alliances across geographic boundaries.; A unique comparative look at women's literary work and its relationship to the body in third world societies, this text will be of interest to literary scholars and to those working in the fields of women's studies and human rights Subject Commonwealth literature (English) -- Women authors -- History and criticism Women -- Commonwealth countries -- Intellectual life Women -- Developing countries -- Intellectual life Feminism and literature -- Commonwealth countries Feminism and literature -- Developing countries Women and literature -- Commonwealth countries Women and literature -- Developing countries Postcolonialism in literature. Human body in literature. Women in literature. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. Commonwealth literature (English) -- Women authors Feminism and literature Human body in literature Postcolonialism in literature Women and literature Women in literature Women -- Intellectual life Commonwealth countries Developing countries Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book

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