Discrepant Dislocations: Feminism, Theory, and Postcolonial Histories
By Mary E. John.
Description
Mary E. John investigates the metaphor of dislocation within and across two specific "locations"—the United States and India—in this epistemological inquiry into the production of theory in general and the grounds of feminist ethnography in particular. She probes a set of distinct but related themes: the lines of tension marking U.S. feminism, especially as foregrounded by women of color; the inescapable complexities of feminist theory and practice in India; and the traffic—in theory, feminists, and women—between the two contexts. Emphasizing the discrepanc...
ISBN(s)
0520201361, 9780520201361
