Urmila Seshagiri
Biographic Data
| ID | 1075861 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Urmila Seshagiri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Urmila |
| FAMILY NAME | Seshagiri |
| SIGNATURE | SESHAGIRI U |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introduction
This paper introduces a Literature Compass cluster of articles which examines the current state of Virgina Woolf Studies and aims to provide a snapshot of the field. These papers grew out of the 15 th Annual International Virginia Woolf Conference (College of Lewis and Clark, Portland, OR, June 9–12, 2005). The full cluster is made up of the following articles: “Introduction: Virginia Woolf and The Art of Exploration,” Urmila Seshagiri and Rishon…
At the Crossroads of Two Empires
This essay addresses Mira Nair's canonical 1992 film Mississippi Masala and explores its troubled parentage of contemporary immigrant, diaspora, and South Asian American cinema. While newer films about the South Asian diaspora describe cultural integration rather than the complex politics of exile, Mississippi Masala could not envision a future in which cultural hybridity held a legitimate public space. The inescapable legacy of empire produces a…
At the Crossroads of Two Empires
This essay addresses Mira Nair's canonical 1992 film Mississippi Masala and explores its troubled parentage of contemporary immigrant, diaspora, and South Asian American cinema. While newer films about the South Asian diaspora describe cultural integration rather than the complex politics of exile, Mississippi Masala could not envision a future in which cultural hybridity held a legitimate public space. The inescapable legacy of empire produces a…
At the Crossroads of Two Empires
This essay addresses Mira Nair's canonical 1992 film Mississippi Masala and explores its troubled parentage of contemporary immigrant, diaspora, and South Asian American cinema. While newer films about the South Asian diaspora describe cultural integration rather than the complex politics of exile, Mississippi Masala could not envision a future in which cultural hybridity held a legitimate public space. The inescapable legacy of empire produces a…
Introduction
This paper introduces a Literature Compass cluster of articles which examines the current state of Virgina Woolf Studies and aims to provide a snapshot of the field. These papers grew out of the 15 th Annual International Virginia Woolf Conference (College of Lewis and Clark, Portland, OR, June 9–12, 2005). The full cluster is made up of the following articles: “Introduction: Virginia Woolf and The Art of Exploration,” Urmila Seshagiri and Rishon…
Psychology (2 works) · Adventure (1 works) · Ambivalence (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Cartography (1 works) · Colonialism (1 works)