Women & Others: Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Empire (Signs of Race)

Discussing intersecting discourses of race, gender and empire in literature, history and contemporary culture, the book begins with the metaphor of 'the other woman' as a repository for the 'otherness' of all women in a masculinist-racist society and shows how discourses of race and sexuality thwart the realization of true inter-racial sisterhood. The book comprises a lively and wide-ranging discussion of the intersecting discourses of race, gender, and empire in literature, history, and contemporary culture generally Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Series Editors’ Preface......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 14 Notes on the Contributors......Page 16 Who Is the Other Woman? An Introduction......Page 20 Part I: Literatures......Page 42 1 Miscegenation as Consolation in George Colman’s Inkle and Yarico......Page 44 2 Fear of Family, Fear of Self: Black Southern “Othering” in Randall Kenan’s A Visitation of Spirits......Page 64 3 Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: Same-Sex Relations in the Fiction of Gloria Naylor......Page 86 4 Postmodernism, Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy, and the Construction of the Black/Woman of Color as Primal Other......Page 102 Part II: Histories......Page 124 5 The Memsahib Myth: Englishwomen in Colonial India......Page 126 6 Race, Gender, and Leadership: (En)Countering Discourses that Devalue African American Women as Leaders......Page 148 7 Gender, Race, and Sexuality in the American Christian Right......Page 166 8 The Future of Feminism: What Other Way to Speak?......Page 192 List of Abbreviations......Page 216 B......Page 218 E......Page 219 I......Page 220 M......Page 221 S......Page 222 W......Page 223 Z......Page 224 Who Is The Other Woman? An Introduction / Celia R. Daileader -- Miscegenation As Consolation In George Colman's Inkle And Yarico / Joyce Green Macdonald -- Fear Of Family, Fear Of Self: Black Southern Othering In Randall Kenan's A Visitation Of Spirits / Trudier Harris -- Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places: Same-sex Relations In The Fiction Of Gloria Naylor / Maxine Lavon Montgomery -- Postmodernism, Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy, And The Construction Fo The Black/woman Of Color As Primal Other / Lawrence W. Hogue -- The Memsahib Myth: Englishwomen In Colonial India / Indira Ghose -- Race, Gender, And Leadership: (en)countering Discourses That Devalue African American Women As Leaders / Patricia S. Parker -- Gender, Race, And Sexuality In The American Christian Right / Andrea Smith -- The Future Of Feminism: What Other Way To Speak? / Vron Ware. Edited By Celia R. Daileader, Rhoda E. Johnson, And Amilcar Shabazz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.