Background
Mehta, Brinda J. was born on August 6, 1959 in Maharashtra, India. Came to United States. 1982. Daughter of Jagadish Manubhai and Kunda (Tipnis) Mehta.
(This monograph analyzes the psychological and pycho-sexua...)
This monograph analyzes the psychological and pycho-sexual impact of social repression on various 'heroines balzaciennes' who were victims of male stereotypes and prejudices. Professor Mehta offers, in a feminist perspective, close readings of three Balzacian novels: La Cousine Bette, Splendeurs et miseres des courtisanes, and Beatrix.
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Mehta, Brinda J. was born on August 6, 1959 in Maharashtra, India. Came to United States. 1982. Daughter of Jagadish Manubhai and Kunda (Tipnis) Mehta.
Bachelor in French Literature with honors, Elphinstone College, Bombay, India, 1979. Master of Arts in French Literature with honors, University Bombay, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy in French Literature, Brown University, 1988.
French instructor Queen Mary High School, Bombay, 1981-1982. Senior teaching assistant French studies Brown University, Providence, 1983-1988, teaching fellow in French Summer Academy, 1987, French instructor Brown Learning Community, 1986-1988. Assistant professor French Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1988-1992.
Associate professor French Mills College, Oakland, California, since 1992, Mary Metz chair. Acting chairman Modern Languages and Ethnic Studies, since 1999. Divisional dean of letters.
Presenter language and literature Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, 1989, 90, 92, Duquesne University, 1989, Florida State University, 1991, Modern Language Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, 1991, MIFLC, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1992, 19th Annual African Literature Association, Guadeloupe, 1993, 20th Annual meeting, Accra, Ghana, 1994, 25th Annual conference, Columbus, Ohio, 22nd Annual Conference, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1996, 24th Annual conference University Texas, Austin, 1998, C.I.E.F. Conference, Quebec City, 1994, Soyinka Festival, Lagos, Nigeria, 1994, Mount Carmel Women's College, Bangalore, India, 1994, Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies Conference, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 1995, Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, 1995, University California, Berkeley, 1996, Florida International University, Miami, 1996, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1997, Hammamet, Tunisia, 1997, 5th International Conference of Arab Women's Solidarity Association, Cairo, Egypt, 1997, I.C.A.S.E.L., Mysore, India, 1998, 6th International conference Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars, Grand Anse, Grenada, 1998, 1st International Conference Caribbean Literature, Nassau, The Bahamas, 1998. Scholar-in-residence Institute for Gender Studies University Würzburg.I., St. Augustine, Trinidad, 1999.
(This monograph analyzes the psychological and pycho-sexua...)
Member Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers French, African Literature Association, Association Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars, Women in French Association, Association Caribbean Studies, Association Commonwealth Studies.