Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: In Other Words

This book introduces and discusses the works of leading feminist postcolonialist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, by exploring the key concepts and themes to emerge from them.

 

 

• Focuses on the key themes to emerge from Spivak’s work, such as ethics, literature, feminism, pedagogy, postcoloniality, violence, and war
• Assesses Spivak’s often contentious relationship with feminist and postcolonial studies
• Considers the significance of her work for other fields, such as ethnography, history, cultural studies and philosophy

Table of  Contents

Acknowledgments        vii
1 Writing Autobiography, Writing Spivak: In Lieu of an Introduction   1
2 Reading Literature, Teaching Literature: Whither Soul Making?     27
3 Reading Singularity, Reading Difference: An Ethics of the Impossible   67
4 Reading Woman, Reading Essence: Whither Gender?     107
   Bibliography     139
   Index     147