Chandra Talpade Mohanty Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Each of us carries around those growing up places, the institutions, a sort of backdrop, a stage set. So often we act out the present against the backdrop of the past, within a frame of perception that is so familiar, so safe that is is terrifying to risk changing it even when we know our perceptions are distorted, limited, constricted by that old view.”
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“Sisterhood cannot be assumed on the basis of gender; it must be forged in concrete historical and political practice and analysis”
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“Angela Davis offers a cartography of engagement in oppositional social movements and unwavering commitment to justice.”
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“Failure to critique US empire allows feminist projects to be used and mobilized as handmaidens in the imperial project.”
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“I think feminist pedagogy should not simply expose students to a particularized academic scholarship but that it should also envision the possibility of activism and struggle outside the academy.”
-- Chandra Talpade Mohanty
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