The Unhappy Marriage of âThird Worldâ Womenâs Movements and Orientalism
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The Unhappy Marriage of âThird Worldâ Womenâs Movements and Orientalism
In response to feminist critiques of Edward Saidâs thought, this article traces the role of non-Western women in cultural representations of postcolonial insurgency. Starting with Santosh Sivanâs film The Terrorist, the article considers how a female suicide bomber is interpellated by a masculine discourse of inter-ethnic violence. This discussion is followed by a comparative analysis of the role of women and of the veil in the Algerian liberation struggle. Finally, the article considers how women writers and activists have used the veil as a rhetorical space from which to criticize the imperial gaze of Western feminism, as well as the limitations of masculine insurgency.