Uma Narayan

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Narayan, Uma (1997), "Contesting Cultures : "Westernization," Respect for Cultures, and Third-World Feminists", in Nicholson, Linda (ed.), The Second Wave: A Reader in Feminist Theory, New York: Routledge, pp. 396–412, ISBN   9780415917612.
  • Narayan, Uma. "Essence of Culture and a Sense of History: A Feminist Critique of Cultural Essentialism." Hypatia 13.2 (1998): 86–106.
  • Narayan, Uma. "The Project of Feminist Epistemology: Perspectives from a Nonwestern Feminist." The Feminist Standpoint Theory Reader: Intellectual and Political Controversies (2004): 213–224.
  • Narayan, Uma. "Working Together Across Difference: Some Considerations on Emotions and Political Practice." Hypatia 3.2 (1988): 31–48.
  • Narayan, Uma. "Eating Cultures: Incorporation, Identity and Indian food." Social Identities 1.1 (1995): 63–86.
  • Narayan, Uma. "“Male‐Order” Brides: Immigrant Women, Domestic Violence and Immigration Law." Hypatia 10.1 (1995): 104-119.
  • Narayan, Uma. "Colonialism and Its Others: Considerations on Rights and Care Discourses." Hypatia 10.2 (1995): 133–140.
  • Narayan, Uma. "Appropriate Responses and Preventive Benefits: Justifying Censure and Hard Treatment in Legal Punishment." Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 13.2 (1993) 166–182.
  • Narayan, Uma. "Basic Indian Legal Literature for Foreign Legal Professionals," International Journal of Legal Information: Vol. 37: Iss. 3 (2010): Article 8.
  • Narayan, Uma. Sisterhood and "Doing Good": Asymmetries of Western Feminist Location, Access and Orbits of Concern. Feminist Philosophy Quarterly 5 (2) (2019).
  • Narayan, Uma. Begging for Justice: Free Speech, Equal Protection, and a Legal Ban on Begging. Social Philosophy Today 8 (1993):151-163.
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    Uma Narayan
    NationalityAmerican
    Academic background
    Alma mater Rutgers University
    Thesis Offensive conduct: what is it and when may we legally regulate it?  (1990)