This book introduces and discusses the works of leading feminist post colonialist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, by exploring the key concepts and themes to emerge from them. It focuses on the key themes to emerge from Spivak’s work, such as ethics, literature, feminism, pedagogy, postcoloniality, violence, and war. It assesses Spivak’s often contentious relationship with feminist and post colonial studies. It considers the significance of her work for other fields, such as ethnography, history, cultural studies and philosophy.