Worlds of Knowing

Preface Acknowledgments Part 1: Beginnings Chapter 1: Knowledge/Foci Examining the Poststructuralist Challenge Postcolonialism and Its Impact on Theorizing Knowledge, the Epistemic and Frames of Categorization Women's Appropriation of Knowledge The View from Everywhere Part 2: Asian Focal Points Chapter 2: Northern India and Its Cultures Androcentrism and Its Manifestations The Strands of the Feminine An Historical View of Women Women of Northern India Today The Women's Movement in Northern India Feminist Retrievals of Knowledge Traditions Recapitulating the Northern Indian View Chapter 3: Dravidian India and Its Cultures Masculinism and Its Concomitants Searching for the Gynocentric An Historical Trajectory Contemporary Women of the South Feminism in the South Reappropriating the Tradition An Overview of the Dravidian Regions Chapter 4: Bangladesh and Islam The Male-Centered Point of View Realms of the Feminine The History of Bengali Women The Current Status of Women in Bangladesh A Nascent Feminist Movement Feminist Reconstitutions of the View Summarizing the Bangladeshi Situation Chapter 5: Nepal and the Himalayan Societies Articulating the Male-Oriented View Female-Centering within the View The Nepalese Woman's History The Nepali Woman: A Contemporary Look Feminist Beginnings in Nepal Women and the Knowledge Path The Nepalese View Part 3: New World Focal Points Chapter 6: Mexico and the Mestizaje Macho, Male-Centeredness and Dominance Female-Centeredness and Its Focal Points Searching for the Historical Roots Mexican Women Now The Mexican Feminisms Mexican Feminist Reconstructions of Knowledge Recounting the Mexican Worldview Chapter 7: Guatemala and the Indigenous The Androcentric Outlook The Gynocentric and the Traditional Culture Historical Tie-ins and Their Importance The Contemporary Guatemalan Woman Feminisms of Guatemala Reconstituting Knowledge The Mayan Mythos Chapter 8: Chicana/os The Masculine and the Chicano A Women-Centered View History and the Chicana/o The Chicana Today A Chicana Feminist Outlook Reconstructing Ways of Knowing The Chicana/o Trajectory Chapter 9: The African Diaspora in the United States Tracing the Androcentric Unraveling the Gynocentric Black Women's Histories and Their Impacts Contemporary Black Women A Womanist/Feminist Response Black Women's Rebuilding of Knowledge The African Diaspora in the New World Part 4: Endings Chapter 10: Retrievals/Outcomes Redefining Essentialisms With Broad Strokes and Grosgrain Knowledge, Knowing and Working Sexualities and Categories Conclusions, Wished-for and Actual Notes Index

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