Braving out in the Face of Constraints: The Woman Warrior

Abstract

The study attempts to critique mainstream feminist thinking through texts written by representative ethnic woman of color in America. It has looked into disputes of historical relationship between racism and white feminism, between self-aggrandizement by white feminism and theoretical activism by women of color in order to see whether cultural power is evenly distributed. This critique also involves surmising of woman of color as the other in mainstream feminist discourse. The major thrust of this study is not only to interrogate writer from a feminist perspective or to look at her from a linguistic or narrative point of view, but also to analyze issues of 'Double Consciousness' in ethnic feminists, or feminists of color. Therefore, this study has investigated this writer beyond singular feminist or narrative perspectives and studied her interfacing historical and racial perspectives and illiciting her response to white feminist thinking patterns and bringing out 'double consciousness' from which woman suffers.