AlterNatives : Black feminism in the postimperial nation / Ranu Samantrai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samantrai, Ranu.

Series:

Cultural sitings

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Great Britain.

Feminism.

Postcolonialism.

Women, Black.

Great Britain.

Women, Black--Great Britain.

Cultural pluralism--Great Britain.

Cultural pluralism.

Postcolonialism--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

x, 219 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

This is the history of the black British women' s movement of the 1980s (comprising women of African-Caribbean and South Asian origin), and its place in postwar British politics, racism, and feminism.

Contents:

The Black British Women's Movement 3

Counterpublics and Disciplined Subjects 14

The Nation After Empire 20

2. States of Belonging: Theories of Pluralism 29

Creating Minorities 30

Communitarian Pluralism 37

Liberal Pluralism 42

The Measure of Difference 44

Who Speaks Truth to Power? 47

Radicalizing Pluralism 52

3. The Price of Membership: Nationality and Immigration Law 59

The Individuated Collective 65

From Mother Country to Welfare State 71

The Culture Bar and National Identity 76

The Familial Nation 83

The Price of Gender Equity 90

Equality in the New Nation 96

4. An Aesthetic of Conflict: The Subject of Collectivity 102

The Stakes of Identity 102

Communities of Interpretation 110

The Composite Self 114

Unity in Diversity 121

Pasts Migrating to Futures 128

5. Dissident Affiliates: Multiculturalism, Antiracism, and Feminism 134

Appeasement and Revolution 136

The Community in Question 146

The Labor of Transformation 156

6. Afterword: Difference in History 166.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-212) and index.

ISBN:

0804743207

0804743215

OCLC:

48517123