Okihiro Gary Y. - Third World Studies Theorizing Liberation - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: In this revised and expanded second edition of Third World Studies Gary Y. Okihiro considers the methods and theories that might constitute the formation of Third World studies. Proposed in 1968 at San Francisco State College by the Third World Liberation Front but replaced by faculty and administrators with ethnic studies Third World studies was over before it began. As opposed to ethnic studies which Okihiro critiques for its liberalism and US - centrism Third World studies begins with the colonized world and the anti - imperial anticolonial and antiracist projects located therein as was described by W. E. B. Du Bois in 1900. Third World studies analyzes the locations and articulations of power around the axes of race gender sexuality (dis)ability class and nation. In this new edition Okihiro emphasizes the work of Third World intellectuals such as M. N. Roy Jos Carlos Mari tegui and Oliver Cromwell Cox foregrounds the importance of Bandung and the Tricontinental and adds discussions of eugenics feminist epistemologies and religion. With this work Okihiro establishes Third World studies as a theoretical formation and a liberatory practice.
Title: Third World Studies Theorizing Liberation
Author(s): Okihiro Gary Y.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Barcode: 9781478030676
Pages: 328 Pages, 4 Illustrations
Publication Date: 8/23/2024
Category: Politics & Government