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<p>Is it possible to simultaneously belong to and be exiled from a community? In <i>Politics of the Female Body,</i> Ketu H. Katrak argues that it is not only possible, but common, especially for women who have been subjects of colonial empires.<br> <br> Through her careful analysis of postcolonial literary texts, Katrak uncovers the ways that the female body becomes a site of both oppression and resistance. She examines writers working in the English language, including Anita Desai from India,

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Author

Professor Ketu Katrak

Publisher

New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813539300

Category

literary studies

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Science, History

Updated

2026-03-25