Cultural studies and postcolonial feminist thought

The polysemy of the concept culture makes difficult to operationalize it when analyzing discursive material about power dynamics of gender relations.
Culture is heritage, inheritance.

Epistemological failures as an important layer of oppression.
"Highlighting the patterns of suppression and the corresponding impact of rendering black feminist though easily dismissed" (Dotson, 2015: 2323) mean placing black feminist thought in the focus or analysis.

"For Collins (2009: 302-305), engaging in epistemology is necessary for empowerment, particularly with respect to the operations of hegemonic power." ((Dotson, 2015: 2324)

Rosana Paulino, Embroideries, 1997.

"Hegemonic power, for Collins (2009: 302), 'aims to justify practices' in structural, disciplinary, and interpersonal domains of power." (Dotson, 2015: 2324) 

References:

Collins, Patricia Hill. 2009. Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the

Politics of Empowerment. New York: Routledge Classics.

Dotson, Kristie (2015) "Inheriting Patricia Hill Collins's Black Feminist epistemology", Ethnic and Racial Studies,  38:13, 2322-2328, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1058496.