Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research Interest
Feminist Theory and Literature; Postcolonial Theory and Literature; Indian literature in English; Indian Popular Culture: Science Fiction, Film (with special focus on Hindi cinema), Graphic Novels
Education
PhD, English, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA, 1998
"Caught Between the Goddess and the Cyborg: Third World Women and the Politics of Science in Three Works of Indian Science Fiction" in The Journal of Commonwealth Literature 39.3 (2004): 119-138
"Holmes' Indian Reincarnation: A Study in Postcolonial Transposition" in Postcolonial Postmartems, ed. Christina Matzke. New York: Rodopi, 2006. 87-108
"From British "Pride" to Indian "Bride": Mapping the Contours of a Globalised (Post?)Colonialism." M/C Journal 10.2 (2007). 07 May, 2007. <http://journal.media-culture.org.au/0705/06-mathur.php>
"From Capes to Snakes: The Indianisation of the American Superhero" in Comics as a Nexus of Cultures, ed. Mark Berninger, Jochen Ecke, and Gideon Haberkorn, London: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2010. 175-186
"The Superhero Goes Native: 'Translating' Spiderman for an Indian Audience" in Translation and Postcolonialities, ed. Vijaya Guttal and Suchitra Mathur, New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 2013