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Saving the Victim: Recuperating the Language of the Victim and Reassessing Global Feminism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Anne McLeer
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Abstract

This paper reconsiders the use of the term “victim” in feminist theory to attempt to find common ground for the intersection and interconnection of Western and indigenous feminisms. The role of the victim in the discourse of victimology, a branch of criminology, is assessed and applied to the work of Rajeswari Sunder Rajan and Lata Mani who both examine the construction of women's subjectivity in the practice of “sati” in India.

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Research Article
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Hypatia , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , Winter 1998 , pp. 41 - 55
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Copyright © 1998 by Hypatia, Inc.

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