Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses

Chandra Talpade Mohanty's Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses critiques how Western feminist scholarship often homogenizes women from the Global South, erasing differences in history and power.

Mohanty argues that such universalizing tendencies reproduce colonial power dynamics within feminist discourse and policy.

She calls for context-specific analyses that attend to race, class, national history, and geopolitical relations shaping women's lives.

The essay helped catalyze postcolonial and transnational feminist theory, urging attention to diverse struggles and localized meanings of emancipation.

It remains a foundational text for scholars and activists seeking more nuanced, intersectional approaches to feminism.