Chandra Talpade Mohanty es una destacada teórica feminista poscolonial y transnacional cuyo trabajo critica la construcción de la 'mujer del Tercer Mundo' por parte del feminismo occidental. Destaca la gran diversidad de las experiencias de las mujeres a través de diferencias geográficas, históricas y culturales, rechazando su marco discursivo generalizado. Mohanty aboga por tender puentes entre la teoría y la praxis, lo personal y lo político, centrándose en la política de la diferencia, la construcción de solidaridad transnacional y la lucha anticapitalista contra la globalización. Su pensamiento llama a la descolonización de la teoría y a la práctica de la solidaridad a nivel internacional.
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.