Mohanty, C. T. (2003). “Under western eyes” revisited: feminist solidarity through anticapitalist struggles
The article is a reaction to criticism and feedback, as well as misunderstandings regarding Mohanty's introductory post, "Behind Western Eyes." The Women Studies program has been thoroughly discussed in this paper. Furthermore, the article touches on the political knowledge of globalization and “deglobalization.” Mohanty has defined three separate models to assist in interpreting these variables. The first is the “Feminist as a Visitor Model,” and is illustrated on page 455 of the article. Mohanty dismisses this model as a Eurocentric kind of thinking which casts the the Third World Women as victims of certain foreign oppression, and she gives examples of the Indian dowry deaths. In a nutshell, the model can be viewed as add and mix types. Another model is the “Feminist as an explorer” in page 456 where Mohanty presents that both global and local are Euro-American. She further notes that the problems which are affecting women today are historically located abroad. Lastly, she discusses the “Comparative feminist studies model” as on page 458.
In a close view
The author of this essay seems to be a feminist and tries to explain to the world through writing that indeed women’s problems are caused by “something” which is controllable but only if there is a collaboration between all.
Vora, K. (2015). Life support: Biocapital and the new history of outsourced labor
In the Vora’s monograph, materials and components of life have been differentiated into global capitalism. Vora applies several questions raised in the studies conducted in the post-colonization, racial studies, as well as feminist materialists and scientists. She also puts side by side the figures and facts of the outsourced labor in India through methods such as ethnographic accounts, IT workers, literature, and gestational surrogates and continues to argue that the current relations staged by the global capital needs a well-sustained attention to various aspects such as subjectivities, imaginaries, and technologies which shape the anticipated capacities and extractability of various parts of humans and lives in service for others.
Vora’s work
is that which tries to link the past and the contemporary world. The article reviews the several and different ways in which capitalists were viewed before, during, and after colonialism in India with regards to feminist capitalists as the main subjects. Vora is, therefore, one of the feminists who have worked hard through writing to enlighten the world about the space of women in the economy or as a special aspect of capitalism that should not be overlooked.
McMichael, P. (Ed.). (2010). Contesting development: Critical struggles for social change
McMichael in his book has brought history too close to the readers to understand various aspects of the past life fully. The book has particularly highlighted in great depth the socio-economic and well political aspects of the past. Human life (social aspects) as well as leadership (political) and trade and agriculture (economic) aspects of the past life and how it is viewed today. The book takes into account happenings in various nations but with a keen interest in Brazil. Regarding citizenship and land ownership, the author has tried to explore the various reasons why citizens need the land (land and citizenship) and has also explored a number of questions as presented on page 176 about various issues surrounding land but the key among them is why there are very many people who are landless and homeless and what exactly can be done to address the issues.
The author of this book
seemed to be so interested in explaining to the reading the values of the past. Learning about the past economic, social, and political history is the central theme of the book which is so informative. Comparing the traditional aspects of life (most which occurred in the C19th) to the contemporary world using the book, one can notice the wide variation which exists. The traditional lifestyle seemed to more communal as opposed to the today’s world where individualism tends to outdo communism.
References
- McMichael, P. (Ed.). (2010). Contesting development: Critical struggles for social change. Routledge.
- Mohanty, C. T. (2003). “Under western eyes” revisited: feminist solidarity through anticapitalist struggles. Signs: Journal of Women in culture and Society, 28(2), 499-535.
- Vora, K. (2015). Life support: Biocapital and the new history of outsourced labor. University of Minnesota Press.
