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Indian & South Asian American Studies, United States - Ethnic & Race Relations, Indian & South Asian Fiction, Imperialism, Colonialism & Imperialism - General & Miscellaneous, Women's Studies - General & Miscellaneous, Women Immigrants
The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial Experience by Meena Alexander β€” book cover

The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial Experience

by Meena Alexander
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Overview

Contents

Overture Another Voice

Piecmeal Shelters

Piecemeal Shelters Art of Pariahs Language and Shame Alphabets of Flesh Passion Skin Song Whose House is This?
House of a thousand Doors Hotel Alexandria Sidi Syed's Architecture Tangled Roots Poem by the Wellside Bobating Her Garden Erupting Words Aunt Chinna Coda from Night-Scene

Translating Violence

Bordering Ourselves Her Mother's Words Ashtamudi Lake Translating Violence Desert Rose Estrangement Becomes the Mark of the Eagle Accidental Markings Great Brown River The Storm: A Poem in Five Parts

Making Up Memory

That Other Body
'A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse...'
New World Aria No Nation Woman White Horseman Blues Migrant Music A Durable Past Performing the Word For Safdar Hashmi Beaten to death Just Outside Delhi Moloyashree Making Up Memory Brief Chronicle by Candlelight San Andreas Fault The Shock of Arrival Paper Filled with Light
Skins with Fire Inside: Indian Women Writers

Fracturing the Iconic Feminine In Search of Sarojini Naidu

Coda

Theater of Sense Aftermath: Title Search Well Jumped Women

Synopsis

Contents

Overture Another Voice

Piecmeal Shelters

Piecemeal Shelters Art of Pariahs Language and Shame Alphabets of Flesh Passion Skin Song Whose House is This?
House of a thousand Doors Hotel Alexandria Sidi Syed's Architecture Tangled Roots Poem by the Wellside Bobating Her Garden Erupting Words Aunt Chinna Coda from Night-Scene

Translating Violence

Bordering Ourselves Her Mother's Words Ashtamudi Lake Translating Violence Desert Rose Estrangement Becomes the Mark of the Eagle Accidental Markings Great Brown River The Storm: A Poem in Five Parts

Making Up Memory

That Other Body
'A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse...'
New World Aria No Nation Woman White Horseman Blues Migrant Music A Durable Past Performing the Word For Safdar Hashmi Beaten to death Just Outside Delhi Moloyashree Making Up Memory Brief Chronicle by Candlelight San Andreas Fault The Shock of Arrival Paper Filled with Light
Skins with Fire Inside: Indian Women Writers

Fracturing the Iconic Feminine In Search of Sarojini Naidu

Coda

Theater of Sense Aftermath: Title Search Well Jumped Women

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Book Details

Published
July 1, 1999
Publisher
South End Press
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780896085459

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