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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Third World feminism"”.
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From the Movement to the Post -Movement: Rethinking Anti-Hegemonic Discourses in Chicana Feminist Thought
… of (1) the mutual influence of Chicana feminism and Second-wavefeminism which results in the articulation of US third-world feminism/women of color feminism and the disarticulation of the white feminist universal, (2) the class-based and politically defined literary genealogy constructed …
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Feminist Herstory Through Indian English Literature
… delve into the roles that critical pedagogy and third world feminism play in achieving sustainable equity in India. These policies and theoretical frameworks provide a foundation for my curriculum design project, which uses Indian English feminist literature to amplify monolithic understandings …
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Gender and community: Womanist and feminist perspectives in the fiction of Toni Morrison, Amy Tan, Sandra Cisneros, and Louise Erdrich
The forms of feminism that are articulated in the constructions of gender identity in the fiction of Toni Morrison, Amy Tan, Sandra Cisneros, and Louise Erdrich arise from and vary with their constructions of community. In the U.S., the women's suffrage movement and the mainstream feminist …
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The radical south: Grassroots activism, ethnicity, and literary form, 1960-1980
… Movement, ethnic nationalism, and second-wave feminism were not separate entities; rather, the cultural work of activists was an intersectional effort that defied national strategies, such as non-violent protest and race-based separatism, that were often determined by their urban counterparts. …
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Being “Other”: Ana Mendieta’s Artistic Practice and Feminist Politics within Arts Institutions
… that would shape her artistic practice and Third World feminist politics. Her practice and politics were both rooted in her experiences of difference after being exiled from Cuba in 1961 and her journey to reconnect to her homeland. During the 1970s and 1980s, women of colour describing …
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THE THIRD WORLD WOMEN’S ALLIANCE: HISTORY, GEOPOLITICS, AND FORM
<p>This dissertation focuses on the work of the Third World Women’s Alliance (TWWA), a women-of-color-led activist organization that maintained active chapters in New York City and the Bay Area between 1971-80. Drawing on archival research and qualitative interviews, I reconstruct how the group …
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(W)raps of consciousness: articulating women's rights through hip hop in the Middle East and North Africa region
… to women’s participation in various parts of the world and how this participation interacts with and impacts the lives of other women. In this dissertation, I use the lenses of postcolonial aesthetics (McCarthy and Dimitriadi, 2000; Dhillon, 2014), U.S. third world feminist studies (Sandoval, …
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Translating MDG 3: Gender, Empowerment and the Adolescent Girl in Maharashtra, India
… aspiration to its translation into a developing world context. Adopted in 2001 by the United Nations, the eight MDGs represented a global effort to address issues such as poverty, health, social injustice and environmental degradation. Goal 3 specifically was aimed at gender equality and women’s …
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‘娩’ 与 ‘通’: Migrant Ethnic Chinese Mothers’ Intercultural Communication Experiences with Their Maternity-Care and Health Providers in New Zealand
… of social constructionism, postcolonialism, and Third World feminism. The matrix guides me to go beyond interpreting the superficial layers of intercultural communication experiences into exploring the complexities and tensions of these experiences within socio-cultural, gendered, and …
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Nuancing Human Rights Discourse and Practice: Perspectives from Myanmar
… human rights discourse. Using postcolonial and third world feminist frameworks, this research offers analysis of ten research participants’ narratives on their relationship with human rights discourse and a discussion of their practice. By looking at questions of how community activists from …