Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET 2023 Political Science
Find the correct statement with regard to Post Colonial feminism.
- 1. There are differences not only between men and women but also between women from different parts of the world.
- 2. Factors such as culture, ethnicity and geographic location are important for understanding marginalization of women.
- 3. Postcolonial feminism situates historical knowledge of the colonialism with regard to cultural, economic and political oppression.
- 4. There is a universal approach to understand subordination of women.
- 5. The post-colonial feminism is exclusively different from other variants of feminisms.
A1, 2, 3 and 4 only
B2, 3, 4 and 5 only
C1, 3 and 4 only
D1, 2 and 3 only ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 1, 2 and 3 only — The correct statements about postcolonial feminism are 1, 2 and 3.
Explanation
★The correct statements about postcolonial feminism are 1, 2 and 3.
★Postcolonial feminism stresses that there are differences not only between men and women but also among women from different parts of the world.
★It holds that culture, ethnicity and geographic location are crucial to understanding how women are marginalised.
★It situates the history of colonialism in relation to cultural, economic and political oppression.
★Statement 4 is wrong, since postcolonial feminism rejects a single universal approach, and statement 5 is wrong, since it is not exclusively cut off from other feminisms but complements them.
★So statements 1, 2 and 3 only is the correct answer.
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