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AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies, Volume3, Number1. February 2019 Pp.127-135
The Western representation of others and particularly Third World women is not a recent fabrication but it had been operational and deep-rooted in the West conceptualization ever since the first encountaers between Europe and its other. With this in mind, this paper purports to examine the representation/image of the female Other in the Eurocentric feminist narratives as well as to uncover the pitfalls that Western feminist scholars face while attempting-in their so-called mission – to rescue their sisters in the Third world societies. This paper counters the fallacy that has been long held by Western feminists about Third World women as being homogenous and ‘uncivilized other’. Drawing on postcolonial feminist thought, this paper presents a critique of Western feminism vis-à-vis Third World feminism and literary contributions namely, Chadra Mohanty and Gayatri Spivak’ theorizations.
EL OUARDI, F., & SANDY, K. (2019). Third World Women Representation in Western Feminist Discourse: A Critical Study. Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies, 3 (1) 127-135 .
Fettah EL OUARDI holds MA Degree in Women’s and Gender Studies from Sidi Mohamed Ben
Abdellah University of Fes in 2012. EL OUARDI is currently in sixth year PhD program, working
on ‘Constructing Identities in Contemporary Arab Women’s Diaspora Writings’. EL OUARDI is
also is working a part-time teacher at the Faculty of Letters and the Faculty of Science Dhar
Mehraz. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0256-4881
Dr. Kebir SANDY, a professor of Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Fes,
Morocco. He is the vice-director of the Moroccan Cultural Studies Centre Fes Dhar Mehraz. He
is the Head of the Department of English Studies.
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