The crux of Rajan and Pathak’s article “Shahbano” seems to be that members of oppressed groups are often, through discursive displacement by an unequal power structure, forced into the position of “object” rather than a unique, self-aware “subject.” That is, they are pigeon-holed by those higher-ups on the social hierarchy into certain identities or categories [...]
Posts Tagged ‘narratives’
Baby crazy or just crazy? (there are no other options)
Posted in feminism, tagged media, narratives, subjectivity on February 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »