Title: Postnational feminisms
Description: "Postnational Feminisms: Postcolonial Identities and Cosmopolitanism in the Works of Kamala Markandaya, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Ama Ata Aidoo, and Anita Desai offers a significant contribution to the field of postcolonial and Third World feminist studies. It reevaluates the ways in which Third World women writers interrogate the relationship between woman and nation in the postcolonial context. Hena Ahmad brings forth the concept of "postnational feminism," which she deploys to show how these major writers challenge the role of women as signifiers of national cultures in their works. This innovative concept illuminates the ambivalence of these uniquely positioned writers as Ahmad explores the connection between postnationalism and Third World feminism."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Feminism and literature, Cosmopolitanism in literature, Postcolonialism in literature, Nationalism in literature, Feminism in literature, History and criticism, Women authors, Commonwealth fiction (English), Identity, Women, Commonwealth literature (english), history and criticism, Commonwealth countries, social conditions