Chandra Mohanty on feminist freedom warriors

Speaker: Chandra Mohanty

Abstract:

Join the Gender Studies Network for this paper discussion with Chandra Mohanty. After this event, we will be hosting our end of year social!

*If you are external to King's and would like to attend this event, please contact the event organiser directly.

 

Chandra Mohanty is a respected professor of women's and gender studies, and sociology. Her work focuses on transnational feminist theory, anti-capitalist feminist praxis, and anti-racist education.

She became known after the publication of her 1986 essay, 'Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses' that highlights the difficulties faced by feminists from the third world in being heard within the broader feminist movement