Esther Franke, Author at Public Seminar

First Black First Lady as Outsider Within and Agent of Change

January 19, 2017 • by Esther Franke

This post is part of the Bodies, Gender, and Domination OOPS Series. There are many aspects of the United States, of the political culture and system that I find interesting (to use a word that is telling without saying anything much). One of them is the office of the First Lady. There is ...

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The Postcoloniality of Gender

October 27, 2016 • by Esther Franke

This post is part of the Bodies, Gender, and Domination OOPS Series. To elucidate further the connection among (post)colonialism, gender, and domination, two texts in particular come to mind: Chandra Mohanty’s “Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses” from 1984 and M. Jacqui Alexander’s “Not Just (Any)Body Can Be A ...

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The Meaning of Michelle

First Black First Lady as Outsider Within and Agent of Change

The Postcoloniality of Gender

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