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100 1 _aDube Shomanah, Musa W.,
245 1 0 _aPostcolonial feminist interpretation of the Bible /
_cMusa W. Dube
264 1 _aSt. Louis, Missouri :
_bChalice Press,
_c[2000]
300 _aix, 221 pages ;
505 0 _aDefining the problem. The postcolonial condition and the Bible -- The postcolonial condition and feminisms -- Empire and method. Introducing postcolonial theories -- Method in ancient imperializing texts -- Method in modern imperializing texts -- Method in decolonizing literature -- The doubly colonized decolonizing method -- A postcolonial feminist reading of Matthew 15:21-28. Empire and mission in Matthew -- Decolonizing white western readings of Matthew 15:21-28 -- A luta continua : the struggle continues
520 _aNoting that the ways of interpreting the Bible now practiced in the West are patriarchal and oppressive of those in other parts of the world, Dube offers an alternative interpretation that attends to and respects the needs of women in the two-thirds world. In a provocative and insightful reading of the book of Matthew, she shows us how to read the Bible as decolonizing rather than imperialist literature
650 0 _aPostcolonialism
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