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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 229-235 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Inter-Asia Cultural Studies |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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This article also published in T. Niranjana, X. Wang, and N. Vasudevan (Eds.) (2015), Genealogies of the Asian present: Situating inter-Asia cultural studies (pp. 171-180). New Dehli: Orient Blackswan.Cite this
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Why culture matters : rethinking the language of feminist politics. / NIRANJANA, Tejaswini.
In: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Vol. 11, No. 2, 01.01.2010, p. 229-235.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Why culture matters : rethinking the language of feminist politics
AU - NIRANJANA, Tejaswini
N1 - This article also published in T. Niranjana, X. Wang, and N. Vasudevan (Eds.) (2015), Genealogies of the Asian present: Situating inter-Asia cultural studies (pp. 171-180). New Dehli: Orient Blackswan.
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - The Inter-Asia Project, not least as it is exemplified in the IACS Journal, has enabled a variety of stimulating conversations across Asia. One such productive site of engagement with ‘Asian’ questions has been feminism. Although there are strong women’s movements in many countries in the region, they often deal by necessity with local issues (unless there are crossborder aspects involved, as in the case of sex-trafficking or migrants), and it is not always easy to find a point of access for understanding how different feminisms may speak to one another. I suggest that it may be necessary to go beyond looking at the real-time questions of feminist politics, and instead examine more closely the locations from where the questions originate. Such an examination, I propose, will have to focus on why culture matters to feminism. Having taken this detour, my essay will return to the present to reflect on a new development in Indian feminism.
AB - The Inter-Asia Project, not least as it is exemplified in the IACS Journal, has enabled a variety of stimulating conversations across Asia. One such productive site of engagement with ‘Asian’ questions has been feminism. Although there are strong women’s movements in many countries in the region, they often deal by necessity with local issues (unless there are crossborder aspects involved, as in the case of sex-trafficking or migrants), and it is not always easy to find a point of access for understanding how different feminisms may speak to one another. I suggest that it may be necessary to go beyond looking at the real-time questions of feminist politics, and instead examine more closely the locations from where the questions originate. Such an examination, I propose, will have to focus on why culture matters to feminism. Having taken this detour, my essay will return to the present to reflect on a new development in Indian feminism.
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/4714
U2 - 10.1080/14649371003616326
DO - 10.1080/14649371003616326
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
VL - 11
SP - 229
EP - 235
JO - Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
JF - Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
SN - 1464-9373
IS - 2
ER -