Ideal for newcomers to Spivak, this is an accessible introduction to her crucial work, focusing on her key theoretical concepts, intellectual context and critical reception. Stephen Morton introduces Spivak's crucial work through analysis of such issues as: methodology and Spivak's 'difficult' style deconstructive strategies third world women, the concept of the 'subaltern' and the critique of western feminism re-reading Marx for the global capitalist era Spivak's contribution to colonial discourse studies and postcolonial theory.