Postcolonial Writing by Women
In her important essay "Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses," Chandra Talpade Mohanty argues that the experiences of women from the so-called Third World have to be understood in their own terms, rather than through the lens of Western feminism. Focusing on novels and essays by writers from South Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, we will examine how women from the non-Western world use narrative to address a variety of concerns: familial relationships, caste, class, race, religious identity, education, work, national liberation, modernization, development, diaspora, and globalization. 3 hr lect./disc.