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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1173965045 Title: The Politics of the Female Body : Postcolonial Women Writers Author: Ketu H Katrak Publisher: Piscataway, N.J. ; London : Rutgers University Press, 2006. ISBN/ISSN: 1280947071 9781280947070 9786610947072 6610947074 0813539307 9780813539300 OCLC:1173965045

  
  

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The Politics of the Female Body : Postcolonial Women Writers

Author:	Ketu H Katrak
Publisher:	Piscataway, N.J. ; London : Rutgers University Press, 2006.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Is it possible to simultaneously belong to and be exiled from a community? In Politics of the Female Body, Ketu H. Katrak argues that it is not only possible, but common, especially for women who have been subjects of colonial empires. Through her careful analysis of postcolonial literary texts, Katrak uncovers the ways that the female body becomes a site of both oppression and resistance. She examines writers working in the English language, including Anita Desai from India, Ama Ata Aidoo from Ghana, and Merle Hodge from Trinidad, among others. The writers share colonial historie.  Read more...
Subjects	Women in literature. Human body in literature. Postcolonialism in literature. View all subjects
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