Missionary Positions

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2005Author
Cudd, Ann E.
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Wiley-Blackwell
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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Postcolonial feminist scholars have described some Western feminist activism as imperialistic, drawing a comparison to the work of Christian missionaries from the West, who aided in the project of colonization and assimilation of non-Western cultures to Western ideas and practices. This comparison challenges feminists who advocate global human rights ideals or objective appraisals of social practices, in effect charging them with neocolonialism. This essay defends work on behalf of universal human rights, while granting that activists should recognize their limitations in local cultural knowledge.
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“Missionary Positions,” Hypatia, 20 (2005): 164-182.
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