Postcoloniality and ethnography: Negotiating gender, ethnicity and power

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-25

  Joseph, Cynthia ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Difference; Ethnicity; Gender; Malaysia; Postcolonial feminism; Power; Strategic essentialism

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMINISM; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER IDENTITY; POST-COLONIALISM; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 62249186767     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613320802650907     Document Type: Article

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