Can the Subaltern Speak? : An Analysis

Spivak is considered as an unsettling voice in the genre of literary theories especially post colonial studies. In her essay Can the Subaltern Speaks? she uses deconstruction to analyse how truth is constructed. She also writes against the Epistemic Violence done by the discourses of knowledge. Spivak concludes by saying that it's impossible to reclaim and rewrite history in the western framework as they construct truth, and therefore the subalterns cannot speak
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