Guest guest Posted November 3, 2003 Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 Namah Shivaya dear Listers. This just came in. The lecture is tomorrow. Anyone know anything about the lecturer and whether she is at least open to Amma? At Her feet, p. > Tuesday, November 4 > > Center for South Asia > invites you to a lecture by > > Dr. Hema Nair > > "Representations of Sita in the Tales of Rama in the Malayalam Language > Through the Ages" > > 206 Ingraham Hall > 1155 Observatory Dr > > 5:30 - 6:30 PM > > Dr. Nair notes that the single most important text that has influenced Indians > through the ages is undoubtedly the Ramayana. The variations of the text are > apparent in all the translations of Valmiki's Ramayana. The lecture attempts > to trace the representations of Sita, the archetypal ideal of Indian womanhood > in Ramayana(s) translated into Malayalam. It attempts to trace the inklings of > protest / dissent in the Aryan tale by presenting Dravidian sensibility and > presents new versions of the tale that is evident in feminist rendering of the > Sita legend. > > Dr. Hema Nair is a Fulbright Scholar from India, visiting the Women's Studies > Research Center from now through November 30, 2003. Dr. Nair is a Senior > Grade Lecturer in English at the NSS College for Women, Trivandrum, India. > She is also an Assistant Editor of Samyukta: A Journal of Women's Studies in > India. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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