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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars foundational text
No need for superlatives here- Minh-Ha's work speaks for itself. Beautifully written in her unique style, this particular text will change the way you think about history, memory, women's work, postcolonialism and diaspora. Does not read like a 'theory' book but is absolutely foundational.
Published on July 12, 2007 by T. Tagle

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1.0 out of 5 stars Woman, Native, Other... What?
This "book" is quite possibly the most nonsensical, self-indulgent collection of phrases I've ever encountered. If I weren't assigned this in class, and perhaps despite that fact, I would have thought it was a publisher's joke. And not the funny kind, the "see what kind of drivel we can put out when we panderingly label it 'academic' and 'post-modern'" kind. This book...
Published on February 18, 2008 by N. Perryman


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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars foundational text, July 12, 2007
This review is from: Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism (Midland Books) (Paperback)
No need for superlatives here- Minh-Ha's work speaks for itself. Beautifully written in her unique style, this particular text will change the way you think about history, memory, women's work, postcolonialism and diaspora. Does not read like a 'theory' book but is absolutely foundational.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Should be REQUIRED READING for all, October 3, 2011
This review is from: Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism (Midland Books) (Paperback)
read it for feminist theory..and have not stopped quoting it and thinking about it and referencing it and going back to it...
it should be required reading for all..esp graduate students...esp those in the social sciences...esp those in feminist theory...
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7 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Woman, Native, Other... What?, February 18, 2008
This review is from: Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism (Midland Books) (Paperback)
This "book" is quite possibly the most nonsensical, self-indulgent collection of phrases I've ever encountered. If I weren't assigned this in class, and perhaps despite that fact, I would have thought it was a publisher's joke. And not the funny kind, the "see what kind of drivel we can put out when we panderingly label it 'academic' and 'post-modern'" kind. This book made me lose faith in publishing, academia, anthropology, and film studies, so I guess it succeeded in something.
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