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Chandra Talpade Mohanty

チャンドラー・タルパデー・モーハンティー　/　ちゃんどらー・たるぱでー・もーはんてぃー

Sociologist from India

January 1, 1955 (age 71)　・　Mumbai, Bombay State, India

Bombay State
sociologist
university teacher
feminist

My Take

Chandra Talpade Mohanty is one of those figures whose influence is quietly enormous. Born in Mumbai and now a distinguished professor at Syracuse, she built a transnational feminist framework that insists we stop flattening 'women everywhere' into one story. I find that corrective genuinely important; context and place matter, and she spent decades arguing it rigorously. There's a stubborn intellectual patience here that I admire. Scholars rarely get the spotlight of actors or athletes, but reshaping how an entire field sees the world is its own kind of fame. I hold a quiet, lasting respect for her work.

Overview

Chandra Talpade Mohanty (born 1955) is a Distinguished Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Sociology, and the Cultural Foundations of Education and Dean's Professor of the Humanities at Syracuse University. Mohanty, a postcolonial and transnational feminist theorist, has argued for the inclusion of a transnational approach in exploring women’s experiences across the world.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Chandra Talpade Mohanty
Name (Japanese): チャンドラー・タルパデー・モーハンティー
Reading: ちゃんどらー・たるぱでー・もーはんてぃー
Born: January 1, 1955 (age 71)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Goat
Origin: Mumbai, Bombay State, India
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: sociologist / university teacher / feminist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%91%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC

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