Himani Bannerji
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Himani Bannerji is a writer and academic, teaching in the Department of Sociology at York University, Canada. She is also known for her activist work and poetry.
Bannerji works in the areas of Marxist, feminist and anti-racist theories. She is especially focused on reading colonial discourse through Karl Marx's concept of ideology, and putting together a reflexive analysis of gender, race and class.
Bannerji has co-authored and edited
- Of Property and Propriety: The Role of Gender and Class in Imperialism and Nationalism (University of Toronto Press);
- Unsettling Relations: The University as a Site for Feminist Struggle (The Women's Press);
- Returning the Gaze (SisterVision Press), a book of essays on culture and politics;
- The Writing on the Wall (TSAR Press);
- Thinking Through: Essays in Marxism, Feminism and Anti-Racism (The Women's Press), a book of her own essays.
