Key Issues in Postcolonial Feminism

A Western Perspective

Abstract

Third world women are making their voices heard and are beginning to change the face of feminism in the West. Postcolonial feminism in the new millennium now accepts a crucial point, long self-evident to Third World women, that racism, colonialism and its legacies are not just the province of non-white, non-Western women. Prof. Weedon's essay also deals with the concept of difference within gender theory as highlighted by the increasing contribution of Postcolonial studies to gender issues.