Contents: Preface. 1. Psycho-dynamics in women's writings of the east and the west/B.H.V.N. Lakshmi. 2. The hand that rocks the Cradle is the hand that rules the World/Lakshmi Sistla. 3. Women consciousness in postcolonial literature/B.V.V. Padmavathi. 4. Souls in search of selves: a glimpse at Shoba De's socialite evening/S. Parasanna Sree. 5. Psychodynamics of women in Amitav Ghosh's--The Hungry Tide/S. Latha. 6. The lace of women in the crown and the Loincloth of Chaman Nahal/G. Chenna Reddy. 7. Psycho-analytical treatment of women in Anita Nair's Novel: Ladies coupe/Varalakshmi. 8. Sutara-churned in the whirls of life: a study of Jyothirmayee Devi's: The River Churning/S. Prasanha Sree. 9. Identity crisis in the novels of Bharathi Mukherjee/K. Shailaja Rani. 10. Psychological supplication of woman--imposed or self-induced? A study of Manju Kapur's difficult daughters/K. Usha Sharma. 11. Mahasweta Devi's Draupadi: a critical study/G. Srilatha. 12. Psycho-dynamics of women in the post modern literature of the east and west/Manukonda Sarala Devi. 13. Gender duality in Gita Mehta's Raj/Y. Jaya Sudhe. 14. Identical oppression of women and nature: re-reading of Anita Desai's cry, the peacock and fire on the mountain and Kamala Markandaya's Nectar in a Sieve/Vijaya Lakshmi Lella. 15. Mothers and mother figures as reflected in Kamala Markandaya's fiction/A.R. Gangane. 16. Tarabai Shinde's Stri Purush Tulana: a treatise on women's suffering/Shailaja B. Wadikar. 17. "Are women conscious of their consciousness?" A study of Anita Nair's Ladies Coupe/J.V.N.L. Mythili. 18. Psycho dynamics of a feminist voice: a study of Taslima Narin's French Lover/P. Sudha Sree. 19. Lives painted in colonial complexity: a study of K.M. Field's Novel/K. Usha Sharma. 20. Voice of women consciousness effacing The margins of fear... A study of Shashi Deshpande's Women Protagonists. Index.

"Psycho Dynamics of women in the post modern literature of the east and west is a collection of research papers presented at the International Seminar hosted by Department of English, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. This book contains papers on the main theme of the seminar and also on the sub-themes like literature. The women's movement, the discourse of sexuality, gender dualism, eco feminism, black feminism, gyno-criticism., voice of woman consciousness, womanhood and motherhood in literature, domestic violence, psychoanalytical treatment of women.

This book, it is hoped, will prove to be a great asset to all those research scholars, teachers and students who want to be educated on woman issues from psycho dynamics of women in the post-modern literature." (jacket)