Introduction 1
Chapter One The Matrix of Colonization 22
Legitimizing postcolonial criticism 27
Representation and misrepresentation 35
The complicity of postcolonial colonization and Western feminism 56
Strategies of resistance 73
Chapter Two In Search of the Feminine Tradition:Paula Gunn Allen 94
The intersection of myth and history 100
The power of the feminine 114
The strategic essentialism 129
Chapter Three In Defense of the Land:Leslie Marmon Silko 143
Reclaiming the land 145
Reconstituting Native American woman 166
Chapter Four Toward a Gynocentric Community:Louise Erdrich 176
Embracing hybridity 182
Community and continuity 197
Conclusion 209
Works Cited 216
后记 225