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	'''Himani Bannerji''' (born 1942) is a ~~[[Bengali people\|Bengali]]–~~[[Canadians\|Canadian]] [[writer]], sociologist, scholar,<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Himani Bannerji\|url=https://www.canadianscholars.ca/authors/himani-bannerji\|access-date=2020-11-25\|website=CSPI\|language=en}}</ref> and philosopher from [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. She teaches in the Department of Sociology,<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Bannerji, Himani – York Centre for Asian Research\|url=https://ycar.apps01.yorku.ca/people/himani-bannerji/\|access-date=2020-11-25\|language=en-US}}</ref> the Graduate Programme in Social and Political Thought, and the Graduate Programme in Women's Studies at [[York University]] in Canada. She is also known for her activist work and poetry. She received her B.A. and M.A. in English from [[Visva Bharati University\|Visva-Bharati University]] and [[Jadavpur University]] respectively, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the [[University of Toronto]].		'''Himani Bannerji''' (born 1942) is a [[Canadians\|Canadian]] [[writer]], sociologist, scholar,<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Himani Bannerji\|url=https://www.canadianscholars.ca/authors/himani-bannerji\|access-date=2020-11-25\|website=CSPI\|language=en}}</ref> and philosopher from [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. She teaches in the Department of Sociology,<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Bannerji, Himani – York Centre for Asian Research\|url=https://ycar.apps01.yorku.ca/people/himani-bannerji/\|access-date=2020-11-25\|language=en-US}}</ref> the Graduate Programme in Social and Political Thought, and the Graduate Programme in Women's Studies at [[York University]] in Canada. She is also known for her activist work and poetry. She received her B.A. and M.A. in English from [[Visva Bharati University\|Visva-Bharati University]] and [[Jadavpur University]] respectively, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the [[University of Toronto]].

	Bannerji works in the areas of [[Marxism\|Marxist]], [[feminism\|feminist]] and [[Anti-racism\|anti-racist]] theory.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Himani Bannerji\|url=https://www.canadianscholars.ca/authors/himani-bannerji\|access-date=2021-09-28\|website=CSPI\|language=en}}</ref> She is especially focused on reading [[Colonialism\|colonial]] discourse through [[Karl Marx]]'s concept of ideology, and putting together a reflexive analysis of gender, race and class.		Bannerji works in the areas of [[Marxism\|Marxist]], [[feminism\|feminist]] and [[Anti-racism\|anti-racist]] theory.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Himani Bannerji\|url=https://www.canadianscholars.ca/authors/himani-bannerji\|access-date=2021-09-28\|website=CSPI\|language=en}}</ref> She is especially focused on reading [[Colonialism\|colonial]] discourse through [[Karl Marx]]'s concept of ideology, and putting together a reflexive analysis of gender, race and class.
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	Her novella, Coloured Pictures, teaches children about confronting racism.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Himani Bannerji – Asian Heritage in Canada\|url=https://library.ryerson.ca/asianheritage/authors/bannerji_himani/\|access-date=2020-11-25\|language=en-US}}</ref>		Her novella, Coloured Pictures, teaches children about confronting racism.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Himani Bannerji – Asian Heritage in Canada\|url=https://library.ryerson.ca/asianheritage/authors/bannerji_himani/\|access-date=2020-11-25\|language=en-US}}</ref>

			In addition to her work in the academy, Bannerji has also published in a variety of venues to reach different audiences. Two of her articles have been published in Rungh Magazine.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bannerji \|first=Himani \|title=A Letter from the Gulf \|url=https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/rungh-703/rungh-south-asian-quarterly-culture-comment-and-criticism-41-2-1998-page-37 \|access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bannerji \|first=Himani \|title=Reorganizing Orientalist Constructions \|url=https://rungh.org/reorganizing-orientalist-constructions/ \|access-date=12 March 2022 \|website=Rungh}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Bannerji was born in [[~~Bangladesh~~]]. She studied in Calcutta and earned a B.A. and M.A.. Her thesis was completed in 1988 with the title: ''The Politics of Representation: A Study of Class and Class Struggle in the Political Theatre of West Bengal''.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Himani Bannerji – Asian Heritage in Canada\|url=https://library.ryerson.ca/asianheritage/authors/bannerji_himani/\|access-date=2020-11-25\|language=en-US}}</ref>		Bannerji was born in [[Bengal Presidency]] of British India. She studied in Calcutta and earned a B.A. and M.A.. Her thesis was completed in 1988 with the title: ''The Politics of Representation: A Study of Class and Class Struggle in the Political Theatre of West Bengal''.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Himani Bannerji – Asian Heritage in Canada\|url=https://library.ryerson.ca/asianheritage/authors/bannerji_himani/\|access-date=2020-11-25\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==

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	'''Himani Bannerji''' (born 1942) is a [[Bengali people\|Bengali]]–[[Canadians\|Canadian]] [[writer]], sociologist, scholar,<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Himani Bannerji\|url=https://www.canadianscholars.ca/authors/himani-bannerji\|access-date=2020-11-25\|website=CSPI\|language=en}}</ref> and philosopher from [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. She teaches in the Department of Sociology,<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Bannerji, Himani – York Centre for Asian Research\|url=https://ycar.apps01.yorku.ca/people/himani-bannerji/\|access-date=2020-11-25\|language=en-US}}</ref> the Graduate Programme in Social and Political Thought, and the Graduate Programme in Women's Studies at [[York University]] in Canada. She is also known for her activist work and poetry. She received her B.A. and M.A. in English from [[Visva Bharati University\|Visva-Bharati University]] and [[Jadavpur University]] respectively, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the [[University of Toronto]].		'''Himani Bannerji''' (born 1942) is a [[Bengali people\|Bengali]]–[[Canadians\|Canadian]] [[writer]], sociologist, scholar,<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Himani Bannerji\|url=https://www.canadianscholars.ca/authors/himani-bannerji\|access-date=2020-11-25\|website=CSPI\|language=en}}</ref> and philosopher from [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. She teaches in the Department of Sociology,<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Bannerji, Himani – York Centre for Asian Research\|url=https://ycar.apps01.yorku.ca/people/himani-bannerji/\|access-date=2020-11-25\|language=en-US}}</ref> the Graduate Programme in Social and Political Thought, and the Graduate Programme in Women's Studies at [[York University]] in Canada. She is also known for her activist work and poetry. She received her B.A. and M.A. in English from [[Visva Bharati University\|Visva-Bharati University]] and [[Jadavpur University]] respectively, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the [[University of Toronto]].

	Bannerji works in the areas of [[Marxism\|Marxist]], [[feminism\|feminist]] and [[Anti-racism\|anti-racist]] theory. She is especially focused on reading [[Colonialism\|colonial]] discourse through [[Karl Marx]]'s concept of ideology, and putting together a reflexive analysis of gender, race and class.		Bannerji works in the areas of [[Marxism\|Marxist]], [[feminism\|feminist]] and [[Anti-racism\|anti-racist]] theory.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Himani Bannerji\|url=https://www.canadianscholars.ca/authors/himani-bannerji\|access-date=2021-09-28\|website=CSPI\|language=en}}</ref> She is especially focused on reading [[Colonialism\|colonial]] discourse through [[Karl Marx]]'s concept of ideology, and putting together a reflexive analysis of gender, race and class.
	Bannerji also does much lecturing about the Gaze and othering and silencing of women who are marginalized.		Bannerji also does much lecturing about the Gaze and othering and silencing of women who are marginalized.

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	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Bannerji was born in Bangladesh. She studied in Calcutta and earned a B.A. and M.A.. Her thesis was completed in 1988 with the title: ''The Politics of Representation: A Study of Class and Class Struggle in the Political Theatre of West Bengal''.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Himani Bannerji – Asian Heritage in Canada\|url=https://library.ryerson.ca/asianheritage/authors/bannerji_himani/\|access-date=2020-11-25\|language=en-US}}</ref>		Bannerji was born in [[Bangladesh]]. She studied in Calcutta and earned a B.A. and M.A.. Her thesis was completed in 1988 with the title: ''The Politics of Representation: A Study of Class and Class Struggle in the Political Theatre of West Bengal''.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Himani Bannerji – Asian Heritage in Canada\|url=https://library.ryerson.ca/asianheritage/authors/bannerji_himani/\|access-date=2020-11-25\|language=en-US}}</ref>

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'''Himani Bannerji''' (born 1942) is a [[Bengali people|Bengali]]–[[Canadians|Canadian]] [[writer]], sociologist, scholar,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Himani Bannerji|url=https://www.canadianscholars.ca/authors/himani-bannerji|access-date=2020-11-25|website=CSPI|language=en}}</ref> and philosopher from [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. She teaches in the Department of Sociology,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bannerji, Himani – York Centre for Asian Research|url=https://ycar.apps01.yorku.ca/people/himani-bannerji/|access-date=2020-11-25|language=en-US}}</ref> the Graduate Programme in Social and Political Thought, and the Graduate Programme in Women's Studies at [[York University]] in Canada. She is also known for her activist work and poetry. She received her B.A. and M.A. in English from [[Visva Bharati University|Visva-Bharati University]] and [[Jadavpur University]] respectively, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the [[University of Toronto]].

Bannerji works in the areas of [[Marxism|Marxist]], [[feminism|feminist]] and [[Anti-racism|anti-racist]] theory. She is especially focused on reading [[Colonialism|colonial]] discourse through [[Karl Marx]]'s concept of ideology, and putting together a reflexive analysis of gender, race and class.
Bannerji also does much lecturing about the Gaze and othering and silencing of women who are marginalized.

Her novella, Coloured Pictures, teaches children about confronting racism.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Himani Bannerji – Asian Heritage in Canada|url=https://library.ryerson.ca/asianheritage/authors/bannerji_himani/|access-date=2020-11-25|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Bannerji was born in Bangladesh. She studied in Calcutta and earned a B.A. and M.A.. Her thesis was completed in 1988 with the title: ''The Politics of Representation: A Study of Class and Class Struggle in the Political Theatre of West Bengal''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Himani Bannerji – Asian Heritage in Canada|url=https://library.ryerson.ca/asianheritage/authors/bannerji_himani/|access-date=2020-11-25|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*''[https://brill.com/view/title/59057 The Ideological Condition: Selected Essays on History, Race and Gender.]'' (Brill)
*''Demography and Democracy: Essays on Nationalism, Gender and Ideology.'' (Canadian Scholars' Press and Orient Blackswan)
*''Inventing Subjects: Studies in Hegemony, Patriarchy and Colonialism. '' (Tulika)
*''Dark Side of the Nation: Essays on Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Racism'' (Canadian Scholars Press)
*''The Writing on the Wall: Essays on Culture and Politics'' (TSAR Press);
*''Thinking Through: Essays in Marxism, Feminism and Anti-Racism'' ([[The Women's Press]])
*''The Mirror of Class: Essays on Bengali theatre'' (Papyrus)

===Fiction===
* ''Coloured Pictures'' (A novel) (Toronto: Sister Vision, 1991)
* ''Her Mother's Ashes'', in: Nurjehan Aziz, ed. ''Her Mother's Ashes. Stories by South Asian Women in Canada and the United States.'' [[TSAR Publications]], Toronto 1994

===Poetry===
*''Doing Time: Poems'' (Toronto: Sister Vision, 1986.)
*''A Separate Sky'' (Toronto: Domestic Bliss, 1982.) - Which includes her translation of Bengali poems by [[Subhas Mukhapadhyay]], Manbendra Bandyopadhyay and [[Shamshur Rahman]].

===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: : Essays on Gender, Race and Class by Non-White Women'' (SisterVision Press)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3683/is_199610/ai_n8742791 'On the Dark Side of the Nation' article]
* [http://www.yorku.ca/ylife/2005/10-03/bannerji-100305.htm Rabindra Memorial Prize]
* [http://people.laps.yorku.ca/people.nsf/researcherprofile?readform&shortname=himanib Yorku profile]

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