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Continuing the dialogue: postcolonial feminist scholarship and Bourdieu — discourses of culture and points of connection
Author(s) -
Anderson JM,
Reimer Kirkham S,
Browne AJ,
Lynam MJ
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nursing inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.66
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1800
pISSN - 1320-7881
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2007.00367.x
Subject(s) - praxis , sociology , disadvantaged , scholarship , perspective (graphical) , feminism , gender studies , epistemology , value (mathematics) , feminist theory , intersectionality , political science , law , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science , machine learning
Continuing the dialogue: postcolonial feminist scholarship and Bourdieu — discourses of culture and points of connection Postcolonial feminist theories provide the analytic tools to address issues of structural inequities in groups that historically have been socially and economically disadvantaged. In this paper we question what value might be added to postcolonial feminist theories on culture by drawing on Bourdieu. Are there points of connection? Like postcolonial feminists, he puts forward a position that aims to unmask oppressive structures. We argue that, while there are points of connection, there are also epistemologic and methodologic differences between postcolonial feminist perspectives and Bourdieu's work. Nonetheless, engagement with different theoretical perspectives carries the promise of new insights — new ways of ‘seeing’ and ‘understanding’ that might enhance a praxis‐oriented theoretical perspective in healthcare delivery.