On Subalternity and Representation: Female and Post Colonial Subjects Claiming Universal Human Rights in 1948
| dc.contributor.author | Adami, Rebecca | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-01T19:46:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-01T19:46:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Recent research has questioned the dominant narrative of human rights as a Western project, by re-reading the drafting of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948, as rooted in conflicting cultural narratives, rather than stemming from a Western hegemonic consensus. Yet, such readings may consolidate static notions of particularity in which narratives on religion and culture are given greater importance than that of gender. Hence the need to look specifically at the unique non- Western and female subjects who represented their countries in the drafting process, such as Begum Shaista Ikramullah (Pakistan), Mehta Hansa (India) and Minerva Bernardino (Dominican Republic). This paper draws on Gayatri Spivak's work on subalternity by exploring the possibilities and constrains of female representation in relation to change. How did the concept of human rights change due to the participation of these United Nations women delegates? Additionally, how can subalternity be understood in relation to women's history in the aftermath of the social crisis that led to the drafting of the UDHR? The study emphasizes the participation of these women as having been crucial for the political articulation of human rights as an inclusive concept. | |
| dc.format | Text | |
| dc.format.extent | 11 pages | |
| dc.format.medium | 1 file (.pdf) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Adami, R. (2015). On subalternity and representation: Female and post colonial subjects claiming universal human rights in 1948. <i>Journal of Research on Women and Gender, 6</i>(1), pp. 56-66. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2375-0944 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10877/12877 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Texas State University, Center for Diversity and Gender Studies | |
| dc.source | Journal of Research on Women and Gender, 2015, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 56-66. | |
| dc.subject | human rights | |
| dc.subject | universal declaration | |
| dc.subject | women's history | |
| dc.subject | subalternity | |
| dc.subject | Spivak | |
| dc.title | On Subalternity and Representation: Female and Post Colonial Subjects Claiming Universal Human Rights in 1948 | |
| dc.type | Article |