This book introduces and discusses the works of leading feminist postcolonialist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, by exploring the key concepts and themes to emerge from them.

• Focuses on the key themes to emerge from Spivak’s work, such as ethics, literature, feminism, pedagogy, postcoloniality, violence, and war
• Assesses Spivak’s often contentious relationship with feminist and postcolonial studies
• Considers the significance of her work for other fields, such as ethnography, history, cultural studies and philosophy