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postcolonial feminism  

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  • The term postcolonial feminism references a field of study and activism by and for women that challenges dominant patriarchal ideologies and practices of postcolonial societies. The term is rooted in oppositional consciousness to the dominant social order as a form of transformative politics. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Feminism, Postcolonial]

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