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BL
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1013239
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b767609
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Katrak, Ketu H.
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Politics of the female body : : postcolonial women writers of the Third World /\ Ketu H. Katrak.
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| Publication Statement
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New Brunswick, N.J. :: Rutgers University Press,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (xxix, 291 pages)
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| ISBN
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0813537142
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: 0813537150
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: 0813539307
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: 9780813537146
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: 9780813537153
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: 9780813539300
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-277) and index.
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| Contents
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Theorizing a politics of the female body : language and resistance -- Indigenous Third World female traditions of resistance : a recuperation of herstories -- English education socializing the female body : cultural alienations within the parameters of race, class, and color -- Cultural "traditions" exiling the female body -- Motherhood demystified.
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Is it possible to simultaneously belong to and be exiled from a community? Arguing that it is possible, the author uncovers the ways that the female body becomes a site of both oppression and resistance. She reveals common political and feminist alliances across geographic boundaries.
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Commonwealth
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Commonwealth literature (English)-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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Feminism and literature-- Commonwealth countries.
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Feminism and literature-- Developing countries.
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Human body in literature.
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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Women and literature-- Commonwealth countries.
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Women and literature-- Developing countries.
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Women in literature.
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Women-- Commonwealth countries-- Intellectual life.
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Women-- Developing countries-- Intellectual life.
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Corps humain dans la littérature.
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Écrits de femme anglais du Commonwealth-- Histoire et critique.
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Féminisme et littérature-- Pays du Commonwealth.
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Féminisme et littérature-- Pays en voie de développement.
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Femmes dans la littérature.
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Femmes et littérature-- Pays du Commonwealth.
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Femmes et littérature-- Pays en voie de développement.
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Femmes-- Pays du Commonwealth-- Vie intellectuelle.
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Femmes-- Pays en voie de développement-- Vie intellectuelle.
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Littérature du Commonwealth (anglaise)-- Histoire et critique.
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Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.
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Commonwealth literature (English)-- Women authors.
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Feminism and literature.
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Frau
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Frauenliteratur
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Human body in literature.
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Körper
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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Postkoloniale Literatur
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Postkolonialismus
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Women's Studies.
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Women and literature.
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Women in literature.
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Women-- Intellectual life.
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Commonwealth countries.
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Developing countries.
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Englisch.
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| Dewey Classification
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820.9/9287/09171241
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| LC Classification
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PR9080.5.K38 2006eb
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