FEMINISM

Postcolonial Feminism



Postcolonial Feminism

Postcolonial feminism, sometimes also known as feminism, third world, is a form of feminist philosophy, which focuses around the idea that racism, colonialism, and long-term effects (economic, political and cultural) colonialism in postcolonial settings, which are inextricably linked with the unique realities of gender non-white, non-Western women. Postcolonial feminists criticize Western feminists, because they have a history of universalizing women's issues, and their discourses are often misrepresent women worldwide.

Thus, one of the central ideas in the post-colonial feminism is that with the help of a "female" life as a universal group, then they are only defined by their ...