Chandra Talpade Mohanty est une théoricienne féministe postcoloniale et transnationale de premier plan dont le travail critique la construction de la 'femme du Tiers Monde' par le féminisme occidental. Elle souligne l'immense diversité des expériences des femmes à travers les différences géographiques, historiques et culturelles, rejetant leur cadre discursif généralisé. Mohanty prône le pont entre la théorie et la praxis, le personnel et le politique, se concentrant sur la politique de la différence, la construction de la solidarité transnationale et la lutte anticapitaliste contre la mondialisation. Sa pensée appelle à la décolonisation de la théorie et à la pratique de la solidarité à l'échelle internationale.
Bringing together classic and writings of the trailblazing feminist theorist Chandra Talpade Mohanty, this title addresses some of the pressing and complex issues facing contemporary feminism. It offers a sustained critique of globalization and urges a reorientation of transnational feminist practice toward anti-capitalist struggles.
"This wonderful book does nothing less than to create the next stage of feminist thought." ―Catharine R. Stimpson"De Lauretis provides a way of thinking about feminism that accepts rather than tries to resolve differences, that refuses fixed definitional categories and insists instead on the contradictory and changing meaning of gendered identities." ―The Women's Review of Books"This is not a new collection but it is still one of the best." ―Exceptional Human ExperienceThe essays in this collection represent very recent developments in feminist research and writing in the areas of history, scientific discourse, literary criticism, and cultural theory.The contributors Teresa de Lauretis, Linda Gordon, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, Ruth Bleier, Evelyn Fox Keller, Jessica Benjamin, Nancy K. Miller, Tania Modleski, Sondra O'Neale, Sheila Radford-Hill, Cherrie Moraga, Biddy Martin, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, and Mary Russo.