Postcolonialism, Feminism and Religious Discourse

ISBN 10: 0415928885 / ISBN 13: 9780415928885

Published by Routledge, 2002

About this Item

The study of global religions is being transformed by its engagement with feminist and postcolonial thought. Drawing from a range of materials this volume offers important critiques of the way religious and feminist knowledge is constructed. Editor(s): Pui-lan, Kwok; Donaldson, Laura E. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; HR; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322. . 2002. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Postcolonialism, Feminism and Religious Discourse
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415928885
• ISBN 13: 9780415928885
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Contributors examine white feminist theology's misappropriations of Native North American women, Chinese footbinding, and veiling by Muslim women, as well as the Jewish emancipation in France, the symbolic dismemberment of black women by rap and sermons, and the potential to rewrite and reclaim canonical stories.

About the Author

Laura E. Donaldson is Associate Professor in the English Department at Cornell University. She is the author of Decolonizing Feminisms: Race, Gender, and Empire Building (1992). Kwok Pui-Lan is William F. Cole Professor of Christian Theology and Spirituality at Episcopal Divinity School. She is the author of Introducing Asian FeministTheology (2000).