Esha Niyogi De

Empire, Media, and the Autonomous Woman

A Feminist Critique of Postcolonial Thought

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Produktbeschreibung

Presenting a unique analysis of Indian activist thought through literature, photography, dance drama, television, choreography, and cinema, this book argues for a feminist critique of postcolonial thought by looking at the rise of humanism under colonization and the current influx of neoliberal capitalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 147mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780198072553
• ISBN-10: 0198072554
• Artikelnr.: 34552474

Autorenporträt

Esha Niyogi De, Visiting Professor, School of Theatre, Dance, Music, University of California, Riverside. She is a faculty member of Women's Studies at University of California, Los Angeles.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Introduction
* PART ONE: COLONIAL CONFLICTS:
* 1: 'Self-ownership on Sexual Margins: Life-Histories, New Media, and
the Subjective Autobiography'
* 2: 'Nation and Individuation: Possessive Manhoods and the Aesthetics
of Womanly Desire'
* PART TWO: POSTCOLONIAL GLOBALITY:
* 3: 'Autonomy as Reproductive Labour: The Neoliberal Woman and Visual
Networks of Empire'
* 4: 'Agency under Networks: Belonging and Privacy in Feminist Visual
Culture'
* Concluding Remarks
* Index