Suchergebnisse

Part I Mad and divine female saint-poets of India and beyond -- Institutionalizing identity through divinity : female saint poets of Maharashtra Madhavi Narsalay -- Āṇṭāḷ of a thousand names : Viṣṇu's beloved mediator Archana Venkatesan-- Translating the autobiography of a goddess Priya Sarukkai Chabria -- From melody queen to Muslim madonna : Pakistani female singers transcending the secular/sacred divide Fawzia Afzal-Khan -- Meerabai and St. Teresa of Avila : lives in parallel worlds Nirupama Vaidyanathan -- Part II Performing artists' process/choreographic notes : mad and divine mystic saint-poets of India -- Darshan : seeing Malavika Sarukkai -- Aditi Mangaldas interviewed by Nirupama Vaidyanathan -- Like camphor on fire Madhu Nataraj -- Aikya : in the voice of Akka Mahadevi Mythili Prakash -- Soulful Abhangs and thoughtful Vaakhs Rama Vaidyanathan -- Part III Epic women of India and beyond -- A Female icons of India's ancient epics re-visited -- The living heroines of Indian myths and legends Prema Nandakumar -- Womanity : a psychic continuum of selfhood and tenacity, keynotes of Sañgam women Swarnamalya Ganesh -- The places and spaces inhabited by Sita : freedom and captivity Veenapani Chawla -- On Sita parityagam : the abandonment of Sita Kapila Venu -- B Epic women of Indian dance : T. Balasaraswati, Rukmini Devi, Chandralekha, Indrani Rahman and Mrinalini Saraghai -- Remembering my teacher : T. Balasaraswati Nandini Ramani -- Remembering Rukmini Devi Katherine Siebel Kunhiraman -- The honest body : remembering Chandralekha Padmini Chettur -- My mother Indrani Rahman Sukanya Rahman -- Mrinalini Sarabhai : cosmopolitan patriot and epic woman Andree Grau -- C Dark women of epics and dramatic literature -- Magical connections among women with passions of epic proportions : Medea, Lady Macbeth, Surpanakha Ketu H. Katrak -- D Epic women in politics -- Epic women in politics Ammu Joseph -- E Feminist evaluations of epic women -- The power of performance and human agency : re-assessing feminist evaluations of epic women Kalpana Ram -- Part IV Performing artists' process/choreographic notes : epic women of India and beyond -- Eleni of Sparta : an Indo-Greek re-telling Rajika Puri -- The good wife : Arnaea & Arundhati from Sthreedom : Notices on an immaculate conception Chitra Sundaram -- Golden peacock : on Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Anusha Subramanyam -- On Kaanhopatra & Mata Hidimba Rajashree Shirke -- Pulambal : anguished voice Lakshmi Vishwanthan -- In the spirit of Frida Kalpana Raghuraman

Is it possible to simultaneously belong to and be exiled from a community? In Politics of the Female Body, Ketu H. Katrak argues that it is not only possible, but common, especially for women who have been subjects of colonial empires. Through her careful analysis of postcolonial literary texts, Katrak uncovers the ways that the female body becomes a site of both oppression and resistance. She examines writers working in the English language, including Anita Desai from India, Ama Ata Aidoo from Ghana, and Merle Hodge from Trinidad, among others. The writers share colonial histories, a sense of solidarity, and resistance strategies in the on-going struggles of decolonization that center on the body. Bringing together a rich selection of primary texts, Katrak examines published novels, poems, stories, and essays, as well as activist materials, oral histories, and pamphlets—forms that push against the boundaries of what is considered strictly literary. In these varied materials, she reveals common political and feminist alliances across geographic boundaries. A unique comparative look at women's literary work and its relationship to the body in third world societies, this text will be of interest to literary scholars and to those working in the fields of postcolonial studies and women's studies.