Alien Among Us: Reflections of Women Writers on Women is an outcome of the proceedings of the international seminar hosted by Department of English, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. The theme of the seminar was Psycho Dynamics of Women in the post modern literature of the east and west. The present book is a collection of selected research papers presented at this international seminar. This book contains papers on the main theme of the seminar and also on the sub-themes like re-reading the canon of English literature, The Women’s Movement, the discourse of sexuality, gender dualism, eco feminism, black feminism, gyno-criticism, voice of woman consciousness, womanhood and motherhood in literature, domestic violence, psychoanalytical treatment of women, silent suffering and unheard agony in the regional writings on women. This book, it is hoped, will prove to be a great asset to all those research scholars, teachers and students who want to work on gender issues.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S. Prasanna Sree
Dr. S Prasanna Sree is an Associate, Professor, in the Department of English, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam. Earlier she was at Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam, Tirupathi as Associate Professor, in the department of English (1987-2000). She has co-authored a book titled English for Career Development as a part of her team work project under ODA's Sponsorship with the University of Manchester, U.K. She is a scholar, critic and a poet. Her poetic career began with the publication of her first volume of poems in 1990 under the title Time's Test and Other Poems. Her second volume was brought out in 1992 with the title Ripples on Still Water, Misty Magma another collection of poems in 1999. Her latest collection of poems is entitled as Whispers Within, published in 2002. She has participated and presented papers in various National and International seminars and has published articles in the field of Indian Writing in English, Canadian Literature, Black Literature, Common wealth Literature. She is an active member in various National and International academic, cultural, social organizations.
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