The Unhappy Marriage of âThird Worldâ Womenâs Movements and Orientalism

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004333468_010

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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.

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After Orientalism

Critical Entanglements, Productive Looks

Series:Â Thamyris/Intersecting: Place, Sex and Race Online, Volume: 10Â andÂ Thamyris/Intersecting: Place, Sex and Race, Volume: 10

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004333468

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2003

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- Literature and Cultural Studies
  - Postcolonial Literature & Culture
- Social Sciences
  - Cultural Studies

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