Perspectives on American Studies

Contents Preface. I. International relations 1. Indo US strategic partnership in the twenty first century/Mirza Asmer Beg. 2. Indo US relations the emerging trends/K.C. Sreekumar. 3. Indo US relations an era of maturity and understanding/A. Thanikodi. 4. The Clinton Administration a new era of Indo US relations/K. Balasundram. 5. Visits of heads of government impact on Indo US relations/G. Ravichandra Babu. 6. Iraq the US agenda/D. Ananda Naidu. 7. US military intervention in Iraq Indian response/D. Purushothaman. 8. Saddam and then/Jayaprakash Mavinakuli. 9. The Middle East crisis with special reference to Iraq and JeruSalem/S. Zubaida Hussaini. 10. International terrorism the hidden realities that the US has to realize/R. Rajeevan. 11. US approach to peace and stability in South Asia after September 11/C. Vinodan. 12. United States involvement in South Asia in the Post Cold War era/K. Manikandan. 13. American Diplomatic intervention and strategies in tension reduction in South Asia a Post December thirteenth phase/A. Basheer. II. Politics 14. Globalization and emerging crisis in social security a glimpse of the US scenario/P. Krishna Kumar. 15. Globalization and its contradictions/D. Pradeep. 16. A comparative study of rural local self governments in India and America/Y. Gurappa Naidu. 17. The Jeffersonian touch to government and society/B. Narasingaraja Naidu. 18. Montgomery Satyagraha/R. Kuppusamy. 19. Empowerment through employment a comparative study between Indian and American women/Zeenat Kausar Kardigud. III. Jurisprudence 20. Prisoner on prisoner rape the unadjudicated death sentence in America/K.C. Mohanakumar. 21. Sexual harassment jurisprudence under the American and Indian legal systems/K.C. Mohanakumar. 22. Women's human rights and the role of USA a contemporary review/Prema Kasturi. IV. Literature 23. Critical pedagogy and teaching of American Literature in India/Kailash C. Baral. 24. A Winnicottian Psychoanalytic Study of Kurt Vonnegut's fiction/Arindham Chatterjee. 25. American literary studies in India a case for an interdisciplinary approach/A. Sebastian D. Pillai. 26. Notes on Gardner's theory of literature/Thummapudi Bharathi. 27. August Wilson's the piano lesson the African American's American past/G. Muraleedharan. 28. IMAGISM a postmodern critique of the WE in Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms/Felix Moses. 29. Harlem renaissance revisited/C. Das. 30. Jewish American Diaspora in Malamud's The Assistant/G.J. Sathiaseelan. 31. Religion a panacea for terrorism a study of Countee Cullen's poetry/M. Anbanandam. 32. Mixed blood angst the Dilemma of the Native American an analysis of the novels of N. Scott Momaday/Nafeesa Fathima Moinuddin. V. Commerce/Health/Environment/Library science 33. Hospitality industry in India and USA some reflections/B. Vijayakumar. 34. Marketing soft power softly building bridges through brands/Uma Chandrasekaran. 35. A sustainable biosphere initiative an American endeavour for conservation of nature/J. Jayasree. 36. Energy crisis how America faces it/C.R. Kala Kumari. 37. Global warming the American Policy/C.R. Kala Kumari. 38. Environment and literature American and Indian Aesthetic Praxis/A. Sebastian D. Pillai. 39. Twain's Mississippi and Vegad's Narmada a comparative study/Samta Naidu and Apara Tiwari. 40. Thoreau's Walden a monograph on ecology/Thummapudi Bharathi. 41. Growth of Ayurvedic view of life in the United States/G. Hemachandran Nair. 42. Information sources on internet in American studies/D. Chandran. What is termed as American can be loved or hated accepted or rejected but can never be ignored. That is precisely why the magnitude of American studies has increased tremendously from an interdisciplinary study to a more serious intellectual pursuit aimed at unravelling the ideas institutions values and behaviour that determine the destiny of mankind. This is an anthology of research papers on American Studies presented in various national seminars and workshops organized.…