A Post-Modern Analysis Of "Women In The New East"
A Post-Modern Analysis of Women in the New East
Good intentions do not beget positive results. Indeed what may seem to be good from one perspective may be seen as the complete opposite from another. Case in point: Western Feminism. To prove my point I will analyze the work of Ruth Frances Woodsmall, Women and the New East, written in 1960 as a feminist work, from a post-modern feminist perspective, and using works from Coco Fusco (English Broken Here) and Trinh Minh-ha (Women Native Other).
One of the first problems encountered in Woodsmall's work is in the delineation of her methodology. She writes that she began her study for each country with,
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the selection of a number of women leaders as advisers on the study as a whole and on specific phases
The individual advisers were very helpful in making contacts, in giving advice about special interviews, suggesting institutions and projects and interpreting the general situation." (viii)
These women that she chose as her......
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