Alexander, an internationally acclaimed poet, scholar, and writer was born in allahabad, india, and raised in india and sudan. Mar 01, 2019 nampally road meena alexander 9780916515829 books download as pdf. Books by meena alexander author of indian love poems. Two poems, by meena alexander world literature today. New york city poet meena alexander was born in allahabad, india and divided her childhood between india and the sudan.
She was a distinguished professor of english at hunter college and the cuny graduate center, where she also served on the wsq editorial bo. Shareef, department of english, sir syed college, taliparamba, kerala, india. She earned a ba at khartoum university and a phd at nottingham university. Protagonist mira kannadical leaves england after graduate studies in literature and returns to indira gandhiera india to teach at a college in a state ruled by a. Although christened mary elizabeth, she has been called meena since birth. In nampally road, alexander focuses on issues of cultural richness. Nov 21, 2018 meena alexander, indian poet and teacher whose works reflect her multicultural life in india, sudan, and the united states. Diasporic experience in the novel of meena alexander. Buy nampally road book online at low prices in india. From her crosscultural perspective, alexander writes with moving intensity of postseptember 11 events as she evokes violence and civil strife, love, despair, and a hardwon hope. These poems range widely over time and place, from alexanders native india to new york city. Search the catalogue for collection items held by the national library of australia new search eresources user lists feedback help collection delivery times visitor update.
Nampally road plunges into the tumult, squalor, and corruption of postcolonial india, yet stands back from it at the same time. Birthplace with buried stones triquarterly, 20 with their intense lyricism, meena alexanders poems convey the fragmented experience of the traveler for whom home is both nowhere and everywhere. Meena alexander 19512018 was an acclaimed poet, scholar, teacher, and advocate for global gender justice who was born in india and raised there as well as in sudan. She was a distinguished professor of english at hunter college and the cuny graduate center, where she also served on the wsq editorial board ngugi wa thiongo is considered one of africas most important contemporary writers. So he asked mira to visit his mother in hyderabad when she reached india. Meena alexanders novel nampally road takes place in the city of hyderabad amidst unrest and opposition to chief minister limca gowda. The article which borrows a quote from alexander as its title. Request pdf postcolonial national space in meena alexanders nampally road this paper offers a reading of meena alexanders nampally road nr.
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The short, semiautobiographical first novel nampally road by meena alexander offers the reader an honest, if somewhat confused, insight to feelings the mixed. For several years she lived in hyderabad, teaching in the english department, central university of hyderabad, which was housed in the golden threshold, once upon a time the residence of sarojini naidu. The 1990s saw a tremendous growth in the fields of postcolonial literature and theory, as well as in the field of us ethnic studies, which includes asian american and more specifically south asian american studies. Even reading each time you desire, this activity will certainly not disturb your other tasks.
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