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The Spivak reader : selected works of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak / edited by Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean.

By: Spivak, Gayatri ChakravortyContributor(s): Landry, Donna | MacLean, GeraldMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; London : Routledge, 1996Description: 1 online resource (334p.)ISBN: 9780203947869 (ebook)Subject(s): Feminist criticism | Criticism | Culture | Social history | SocietyGenre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleOnline access: Click here to access online Summary: As a theorist, a feminist and a cultural critic, Spivak has rigorously expanded our understanding of some of the key issues of contemporary thought. The Spivak Reader introduces many of her most important writings. Among the foremost feminist critics to have emerged to international eminence over the last fifteen years, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak has relentlessly challenged the high ground of established theoretical discourse in literary and cultural studies. Although her rigorous reading of various authors has often rendered her work difficult terrain for those unfamiliar with poststructuralism, this collection makes significant strides in explicating Spivak's complicated theories of reading.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-321) and index.

As a theorist, a feminist and a cultural critic, Spivak has rigorously expanded our understanding of some of the key issues of contemporary thought. The Spivak Reader introduces many of her most important writings. Among the foremost feminist critics to have emerged to international eminence over the last fifteen years, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak has relentlessly challenged the high ground of established theoretical discourse in literary and cultural studies. Although her rigorous reading of various authors has often rendered her work difficult terrain for those unfamiliar with poststructuralism, this collection makes significant strides in explicating Spivak's complicated theories of reading.

Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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