Postnational Feminisms: Postcolonial Identities and Cosmopolitanism in the Works of Kamala
Markandaya Tsitsi Dangarembga Ama Ata Aidoo and Anita Desai offers a significant
contribution to the field of postcolonial and Third World feminist studies. It reevaluates the
ways in which Third World women writers interrogate the relationship between woman and nation
in the postcolonial context. Hena Ahmad brings forth the concept of postnational feminism
which she deploys to show how these major writers challenge the role of women as signifiers of
national cultures in their works. This innovative concept illuminates the ambivalence of these
uniquely positioned writers as Ahmad explores the connection between postnationalism and Third
World feminism.
