Indo-Caribbean feminist thought : genealogies, theories, enactments / Gabrielle Jamela Hosein, Lisa Outar, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hosein, Gabrielle, editor of compilation, author.

Outar, Lisa, editor of compilation, author.

Indo-Caribbean Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

New Caribbean studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Caribbean Area.

Feminism.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

xiii, 349 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan [2016]

Summary:

Bringing together three generations of scholars, thinkers and activists, this book is the first to trace a genealogy of the specific contributions Indo-Caribbean women have made to Caribbean feminist epistemology and knowledge production. Challenging the centrality of India in considerations of the forms that Indo-Caribbean feminist thought and praxis have taken, the authors turn instead to the terrain of gender negotiations among Caribbean men and women within and across racial, class, religious, and political affiliations. Addressing the specific conditions which emerged within the region and highlighting the cross-racial solidarities and the challenges to narratives of purity that have been constitutive of Indo-Caribbean feminist thought, this collection connects to the broader indentureship diaspora and what can be considered post-indentureship feminist thought. Through examinations of literature, activism, art, biography, scholarship and public sphere practices, the collection highlights the complexity and richness of Indo-Caribbean engagements with feminism and social justice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137570796

1137570792

OCLC:

957140395