Relocating subalternity: scattered speculations on the conundrum of a concept.

This article introduces the special issue ‘Relocating Subalternity: Scattered Speculations on the Conundrum of a Concept’, in which we take Spivak’s particular invocation of (gendered) subalternity and its scholarly reception as a point of departure to confront the ‘foreclosure’ of subalternity. Whi...

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Publicado en:Cultural Studies Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 717 - 730
Autores principales: de Jong, Sara, Mascat, Jamila M. H.
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2016
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