Attempts to develop an indigenous reading of feminism as both activism and discourse in the Caribbean. Draws on the ideas emerging in contemporary western feminist debates pertaining to sexual difference and equality and searches for a Caribbean feminist voice which defines feminism and feminist theory in the region, not as a linear narrative but one which has continually intersected with the politics of identity in the region.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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196 p, Includes chapters "Of mangoes and maroons : language, history, and the multicultural subject of Michelle Cliff's Abeng," "Toward a new antillean humanism: Maryse Condé's Traversée de la mangrove," "Inscriptions of exile: the body's knowledge and the myth of authenticity in Myriam Warner-Vieyra and Suzanne Dracius-Pinalie," and "Geographies of pain: captive bodies and violent acts in Myriam Warner-Vieyra, Gayl Jones, and Bessie Head"
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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346 p., Ranging from the time of slavery and indentureship, to national independence in 1962 and the present day, this book shows how gender inequalities have been perpetuated for the benefit of exploitative systems from slavery to the present day. The book explores women's roles and activities both in colonial ideology and in reality.
