Dislocating Cultures: Identities, Traditions, and Third World Feminism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415914185)

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 assigned to Third World subjects within multiculturalism, Narayan examines ways in which the flow of information across national contexts affects our understanding of issues. Dislocating Cultures contributes a philosophical perspective on areas of ongoing interest such as nationalism, post-colonial studies, and the cultural politics of debates over tradition and "westernization" in Third World contexts.

Author: Uma Narayan
ISBN-10: 0415914183
ISBN-13: 9780415914185
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 07/23/1997
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.34w x 0.72d