Document Type : Research Paper
Author
پژوهشگاه علوم انسانی
Abstract
Investigating the relationship between gender and colonialism is one of the important and significant issues in critical studies of colonial discourse, knowing its quality and manner, in addition to helping to expand colonial studies, to recognize the broad dimensions of gender, especially the different roles of women, at the same time A phenomenon like colonialism also helps. Sarah Mills is one of the contemporary literary feminists who, with a feminine and critical perspective, shows that women's texts play a role in the expansion and development of colonialism and can be active activists, contrary to the neglect of the colonialist current. Considering the poverty of Persian literature in this field, this article tries to take a look at Mills's theory and after reviewing its achievements, by analyzing one of the examples analyzed by him, to consider the various angles of this theory in a practical way. At the end, some of the strengths and weaknesses of this theory are discussed, with the hope that it will initiate new discussions among Persian speakers and women's rights activists. The findings of this research show that Mills is actually trying to take a step to get rid of external colonialism by decolonizing from within. Therefore, her effort is more than criticizing women, as a feminist, she wrote in the direction of valuing women's texts and proving the creativity of women in creating works of art.
At the end, some of the strengths and weaknesses of this theory are discussed, with the hope that it will initiate new discussions among Persian speakers and women's rights activists. The findings of this research show that Mills is actually trying to take a step to get rid of external colonialism by decolonizing from within. Therefore, her effort is more than criticizing women, as a feminist, she wrote in the direction of valuing women's texts and proving the creativity of women in creating works of art.
Keywords
- The theory of gender colonialism, colonialism and women'
- s activism, Sarah Mills, critique of racial colonialism, critique of gender colonialism,
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