The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial ExperienceSouth End Press, 1996 - 223 pages In this book, acclaimed South Asian American poet and novelist Meena Alexander unleashes a fury of prose and poetry to confront the stereotypes and explore the challenges facing postcolonial immigrants in America. Commenting on the history of memory, language, shame, and exile, Alexander poignantly describes the wealth of experiences and imaginings that have shaped her life and writing. Her project: "to make space for what was crossed out in the decorum of femininity, in the high places of classical hierarchy, in the racism of a canonical knowledge, in the obliterations of a national memory ... all this is part of our task, part of the violent, fractured worlds that we must etch into beauty". |
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... San Andreas Fault 146 The Shock of Arrival 152 Paper Filled with Light 165 SKIN WITH FIRE INSIDE : INDIAN WOMEN WRITERS Fracturing the Iconic Feminine In Search of Sarojini Naidu CODA 169 172 Theater of Sense 193 Aftermath : Title ...
... San Andreas Fault 146 The Shock of Arrival 152 Paper Filled with Light 165 SKIN WITH FIRE INSIDE : INDIAN WOMEN WRITERS Fracturing the Iconic Feminine In Search of Sarojini Naidu CODA 169 172 Theater of Sense 193 Aftermath : Title ...
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... San Andreas we return them to the fault perch , black salmon , the lot . ' When the walls of your rented room in Half Moon Bay fall away consider yourself blessed . ' The snows of the Himalayas glimpsed in your ... San Andreas Fault 151.
... San Andreas we return them to the fault perch , black salmon , the lot . ' When the walls of your rented room in Half Moon Bay fall away consider yourself blessed . ' The snows of the Himalayas glimpsed in your ... San Andreas Fault 151.
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... San Andreas Fault " ( Alexander ) , 146-51 " The Sanctuary " ( Naidu ) , 180 " The Secret " ( Naidu ) , 180 Sen , Keshub Chunder , 178 Shame : and childbirth , 16 , 205-7 ; and language , 10-12 ; " The Shock of Arrival : Body , Mem- ory ...
... San Andreas Fault " ( Alexander ) , 146-51 " The Sanctuary " ( Naidu ) , 180 " The Secret " ( Naidu ) , 180 Sen , Keshub Chunder , 178 Shame : and childbirth , 16 , 205-7 ; and language , 10-12 ; " The Shock of Arrival : Body , Mem- ory ...
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