Un-layering the Multiple Layers- An Examination of the Intersection between Feminism and Post Colonialism

Abstract

This paper attempts to examine the intersection between Post colonialism and feminism by looking at the representation of women, who have always been at the receiving end, in once- colonized countries and in Western settings. Few critics concentrate on the issue of gender difference during the colonial epoch, both in colonial and anti colonial discourses; while others contemplate the illustration of women in Postcolonial discourses, keeping in focus the works of these women writers, where the ‘representation of gender ‘is at the centre of all the discussion.
Works of Indian feminist critic like Gayatri spivak together with the works of Canadian writer, Margarate Atwood have been used to illustrate the shared aims of these writers and those who write keeping in mind the equivalent objective.