Worlds of knowing : global feminist epistemologies
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Worlds of knowing : global feminist epistemologies
Routledge, 2001
- : [hbk]
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-296) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Jane Duran's Worlds of Knowing begins to fill an enormous gap in the literature of feminist epistemology: a wide-ranging, cross-cultural primer on worldviews and epistemologies of various cultures and their appropriations by indigenous feminist movements in those cultures. It is the much needed epistemological counterpart to work on cross-cultural feminist social and political philosophy. This project is absolutely breath-taking in scope, yet a manageable read for anyone with some background in feminist theory, history, or anthropology. Duran draws many comparisons and connections to Western philosophical and feminist ideas, yet avoids facile or imperialistic over-universalization. Her book is powerful, comprehensive, Pnd brave. It will prove an enormously useful resource for scholars in women's studies, philosophy, anthropology, religious studies and history.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Part I Beginnings
- Chapter 1 Knowledges/Foci
- Part 2 Part 2 Asian Focal Points
- Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Northern India and Its Cultures
- Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Dravidian India and Its Cultures
- Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Bangladesh and Islam
- Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Nepal and the Himalayan Societies
- Part 3 Part 3 New World Focal Points
- Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Mexico and the Mestizaje
- Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Guatemala and the Indigenous
- Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Chicana/os
- Chapter 9 Chapter 9 The African Diaspora in the United States
- Part 4 Part 4 Endings
- Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Retrievals/Outcomes
- Notes Index
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