Woman, indigenous, other

In Woman, Indigenous, Other, Trinh T. Minh-ha explores the question of writing from a postcolonial and feminist perspective. This book, which is at the intersection of different fields – literary criticism, anthropology, cultural studies, gender studies – juxtaposes several contemporary discourses from dominant cultures with the aim of questioning the stylistic and theoretical orthodoxy required in the production process of knowledge and literary works. In doing so, the author questions the uses of a new generation of postcolonial feminist theorists and gives voice to women of color who destabilize the domination of an academic discourse distant from the masses by putting forward a non-linear and open approach to writing. By distancing itself from traditional academic models and discourses, Woman, Indigenous, Other offers new “ways of knowing” backed by an alternative language, closer to the oral and spontaneous traditions of indigenous communities. Between the essay and the literary work, this work stands out as much by its form as by its subject and participates in the search for a new articulation of the struggles and reflections of a generation of writers.