Chandra Talpade Mohanty is a leading postcolonial and transnational feminist theorist whose work critiques Western feminism's construction of the 'Third World woman.' She highlights the vast diversity of women's experiences across geographical, historical, and cultural differences, rejecting their generalized discursive framing. Mohanty advocates for bridging theory and praxis, the personal and the political, focusing on politics of difference, building transnational solidarity, and anti-capitalist struggle against globalization. Her thought calls for decolonizing theory and practicing solidarity internationally.
Bringing together classic and writings of the trailblazing feminist theorist Chandra Talpade Mohanty, this title addresses some of the pressing and complex issues facing contemporary feminism. It offers a sustained critique of globalization and urges a reorientation of transnational feminist practice toward anti-capitalist struggles.
"This wonderful book does nothing less than to create the next stage of feminist thought." ―Catharine R. Stimpson"De Lauretis provides a way of thinking about feminism that accepts rather than tries to resolve differences, that refuses fixed definitional categories and insists instead on the contradictory and changing meaning of gendered identities." ―The Women's Review of Books"This is not a new collection but it is still one of the best." ―Exceptional Human ExperienceThe essays in this collection represent very recent developments in feminist research and writing in the areas of history, scientific discourse, literary criticism, and cultural theory.The contributors Teresa de Lauretis, Linda Gordon, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, Ruth Bleier, Evelyn Fox Keller, Jessica Benjamin, Nancy K. Miller, Tania Modleski, Sondra O'Neale, Sheila Radford-Hill, Cherrie Moraga, Biddy Martin, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, and Mary Russo.