Abstract
Chapter 8 addresses the postcolonial work of representation that is created by artists, transnational feminist organizations, and grassroots media outlets. While much popular media still create representations that display traces of colonial stereotypes and assumptions, there are individuals and groups who are actively trying to challenge the mainstream media’s colonial education. These forces are subverting the patriarchal representations of women that remain entrenched from colonialism through a complicating binaries and cultural distinctions. The chapter introduces transnational feminist artists who create work in a variety of media that actively critique the history of imbalances in global power and the regulation of women’s roles within and across cultures. Many artists appropriate traditionally feminine materials and subject matter and use these in a way that subverts the assumed meaning.
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Jones, R.B. (2011). Possibilities for Subverting the Dominant Visual Regime. In: Postcolonial Representations of Women. Explorations of Educational Purpose, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1551-6_8
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