OTHERNESS: SOULS OF BROWN WOMEN
by
De.B. Dubois
Blurb
Who is the brown woman? How does she live defined almost solely by her skin colour and all the history it carries? How do we carry racism deep within us even when we think we don't? These are questions that require deep thought and reflection, and that's what Otherness encourages us to do. In a world increasingly divided along the lines of colour, despite its apparent modernity, here's a hard look at the realities that lurk within us, both as individuals and as a society.
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Who is the brown woman? How does she live defined almost solely by her skin colour and all the history it carries? How do we carry racism deep within us even when we think we don't? These are questions that require deep thought and reflection, and that's what Otherness encourages us to do. In a world increasingly divided along the lines of colour, despite its apparent modernity, here's a hard look at the realities that lurk within us, both as individuals and as a society.
My
Review:
First of all “Otherness
– Soul of Brown Woman” is not
a story. It is a recollection of author’s past experiences in and around the
world, where a person is judged and discriminated based on gender, skin color,
nationality and many other things.
The first half of the book consists mainly
of author’s personal experiences at various stages of life while the second
half, actually a major portion of the book consists of list of links to
articles collected by the authors in past thirteen years, which shows how a
woman is oppressed, denied her rights, tortured, molested and denied justice.
The author’s main inspiration for writing
this book came from W.E.B Du Bois’ The
Souls of Black Folk which
sums up the struggle and pain of 20th century colored Americans.
The book is well written but as I told
earlier it's not a casual read. It makes you ponder and remember instances
where you might have faces or have been a witness to a similar situation.
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About the author
De.B. Dubois is an Indian-born-Swiss visual artist and feminist writer. She grew up in Calcutta until she stepped out to explore the world by herself. Debolina Dubois-Bandyopadhyay, better known as De.B. Dubois is licensed with International Degrees in Communication Arts and Cultural Studies, as she extended her Fine Arts and Design education in Mumbai, Sydney, Basel and Paris. She is titled with a Master of Arts FHNW in Design from Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Basel, with special emphasis on Design Culture, Design Research and Sociology. This apart, she enjoys long walks through nature trails, a good glass of absinthe from Val-de-Travers, and creating visual arts.
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