The story of man’s infatuation with his language is an unending one. In a remote village of Africa, a wise Dogon man used to say “to be naked is to be speechless.” Power, as unveiled by numerous contemporary writings, has always inscribed itself in language. Speaking, writing, and discoursing are not mere acts of communication; they are above all acts of compulsion.

— Trinh T. Minh-ha Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism (1989)

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Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism (1989)

Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism (1989)

Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism (1989)

Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism (1989)

Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism (1989)

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