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- Title
Glocal Flows: A Study of bell hooks' Ain't I a Woman in the Indian Context.
- Authors
Shanthi, M.; Prajith, Deepa
- Abstract
From sporadic writings and intermittent movements to today's sustained presence, feminism has been challenged to become inclusive and accommodative of glocal power structures. A transformative approach posits the possibility of change--from identifying injustices suffered to marshalling historical evidence to create an action plan for change. Gloria Jean Watson's book, Ain't I a Woman, written in 1981 under the pseudonym bell hooks, revisits colonialist and slave narratives to forward the idea of the white, capitalist, patriarchal ideology underpinning the oppression of blacks. While capitalist ideology owns the slave and their labor, patriarchal abuse of black women has been insistent and consistent. Furthermore, it dissects modern media representations of women to confirm their devaluation and subordination. The objectives of the paper are to present Ain't I a Woman as a seminal book that sign-posted aphonic noise in feminism and to eviscerate the core issues of black feminism: social class and race as accomplices which together with sexism marginalize women of color. This paper delineates the pathbreaking engagement with black history, experience, and feminism that enlarged the movement to be inclusive and representative of difference and explores its extension in the Indian context.
- Subjects
INDIAN women (Asians); HOOKS, bell, 1952-2021; WATSON, Jean, 1940-; GLOCALIZATION; BLACK feminism; SLAVE labor; SEXISM; BLACK people; HISTORY of feminism; BLACK history
- Publication
IUP Journal of English Studies, 2022, Vol 17, Issue 4, p30
- ISSN
0973-3728
- Publication type
Article