About the Book
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan, commonly known as R. Radhakrishnan, is professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, and is considered one of the leading postcolonial theorists and literary critics in the United States. He was born on October 28, 1949, in Sirkali, a village in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Radhakrishnan is also noted as a translator and poet of Tamil as well as a master of English and English literary criticism. He was initially educated in Madras and earned his PhD from SUNY Binghamton. Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine, 2004- Chair, Department of Asian American Studies, University of California, Irvine, 2004-06. Affiliate Faculty, Womens Studies, University of California, Irvine, 2004- Steering Committee, African-American Studies, University of California, Irvine, 2004- Member, Advisory Board, International Center for Writing and Translation, University of California, Irvine, 2004-07 Core Member, Critical Theory Emphasis, University of California, Irvine, 2004- Core Faculty, Ph.D. Program in Culture and Theory, University of California, Irvine, 2007- Professor, Department of English, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1993-2004. Associate Faculty, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1984-2004. Associate Professor (tenured), Department of English, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1990-1993. Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1984-1990. Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1983-84. Teaching Assistant and Adjunct Lecturer, Department of English, SUNY-Binghamton, 1978-83. Assistant Professor, Departme... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25213940
