The Shock of Sensation

Research Article| September 01 2000 ‘The Shock of Sensation’: On Reading The Waves as a Girl in India, and as a Woman in America Meena Alexander Meena Alexander meena alexander was born in India, raised there and in North Africa, and educated in England. She is the author most recently of The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial Experience (1996), and the novel Manhattan Music (1997). Her work has been translated into several languages, including Malayalam, Italian, German, Spanish, and Swedish. She is Distinguished Professor of English at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Meena Alexander has a special interest in questions of migration and memory and is currently at work on a new volume of poems and a work of prose fiction. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Meridians (2000) 1 (1): 179–186. https://doi.org/10.1215/15366936-1.1.179 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Meena Alexander; ‘The Shock of Sensation’: On Reading The Waves as a Girl in India, and as a Woman in America. Meridians 1 September 2000; 1 (1): 179–186. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15366936-1.1.179 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsMeridians Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2000 by Wesleyan University Press2000 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content

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