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Calling upon two cultures, Vandana Khanna's Train to Agra meditates on the effects of displacement and expatriation on the construction of a young Indian American woman's identity. The physical journeys undertaken by the speaker reflect her inner journey from immigrant child to Indian Amer...

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Main Author: Khanna, Vandana, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edwardsville : Carbondale : Crab Orchard Review ; Southern Illinois University Press, ©2001.
Series:Crab Orchard award series in poetry.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Calling upon two cultures, Vandana Khanna's Train to Agra meditates on the effects of displacement and expatriation on the construction of a young Indian American woman's identity. The physical journeys undertaken by the speaker reflect her inner journey from immigrant child to Indian American woman, struggling to find her place between India and America, Krishna and Jesus, samosas and hamburgers. The speaker constantly tries to recapture visions, smells, and sounds of her childhood and her travels, but cannot do so without imagination. Her memory fails her, so through meta.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 55 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
ISBN:9780809390281
0809390280
1299050859
9781299050853

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