... the book challenges assumptions and pushes historic and geographical boundaries that must be altered if women of all colors are to win the struggles thrust upon us by the `new world order' of the 1990s." -New Directions for Women
This surely is a book for anyone trying to comprehend the ways sexism fuels racism in a post-colonial, post-Cold War world that remains dangerous for most women." -Cynthia H. Enloe
"... provocative analyses of the simultaneous oppressions of race, class, gender and sexuality... a powerful collection." -Gloria Anzaldua
"... propels third world feminist perspectives from the periphery to the cutting edge of feminist theory in the 1990s." -Aihwa Ong
... a carefully presented wealth of much-needed information." -Audre Lorde
... it is a significant book." -The Bloomsbury Review
... excellent... The nondoctrinaire approach to the Third World and to feminism in general is refreshing and compelling." -World Literature Today
... an excellent collection of essays examining `Third World' feminism." -The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
These essays document the debates, conflicts, and contradictions among those engaged in developing third world feminist theory and politics. Contributors: Evelyne Accad, M. Jacqui Alexander, Carmen Barroso, Cristina Bruschini, Rey Chow, Juanita Diaz-Cotto, Angela Gilliam, Faye V. Harrison, Cheryl Johnson-Odim, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Ann Russo, Barbara Smith, Nayereh Tohidi, Lourdes Torres, Cheryl L. West, & Nellie Wong.
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