Narratives of diaspora : representations of Asia in Chinese American literature

著者

• Lim, Walter S. H.

書誌事項

Narratives of diaspora : representations of Asia in Chinese American literature

Walter S.H. Lim

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Chinese American authors often find it necessary to represent Asian history in their literary works. Tracing the development of the literary production of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Lisa See, and Russell Leong, among others, this book captures the effects of international politics and globalization on Chinese American diasporic consciousness.

目次

Introduction 1. The Sino-Japanese War and Chinese History in Amy Tan's Novels and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls 2. The Vietnam War and the Cultural Politics of Loyalty in Maxine Hong Kingston's The Fifth Book of Peace 3. Sexual Politics, Buddhism, and Transnationalism in Russell Leong's The Country of Dreams and Dust and Phoenix Eyes 4. Writing Exile and Diaspora in Li-Young Lee's The Winged Seed and The City in which I Love You 5. Postcolonial Southeast Asian Transnationalism in Shirley Geok-lin Lim's Among the White Moon Faces and Sister Swing 6. Writing Communist China and the Politics of Diasporic Identity: Ha Jin, Anchee Min, Lien Chao, and Lisa See Conclusion: Chinese American Literature in the Twenty-First Century

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB18826679
• ISBN:
  • 9780230340060
• LCCN: 2013026025
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: xii, 195 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : PS153.C45
  • DC23 : 810.9/005
• 件名:
  • LCSH : American literature -- Chinese American authors -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : American literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Asia -- In literature