Sinophone studies : a critical reader /
This Definitive Work Casts Sinophone Studies as the Study of Sinitic-language cultures born of colonial and postcolonial influences. Essays by such authors as Rey Chow, Ha Jin, Leo Ou-fan Lee, len Ang, Wei-ming Tu, and David Wang address debates concerning the nature of Chineseness while introducing...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | Global Chinese culture
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| Summary: | This Definitive Work Casts Sinophone Studies as the Study of Sinitic-language cultures born of colonial and postcolonial influences. Essays by such authors as Rey Chow, Ha Jin, Leo Ou-fan Lee, len Ang, Wei-ming Tu, and David Wang address debates concerning the nature of Chineseness while introducing readers to essential readings in Tibetan, Malaysian, Taiwanese, French, Caribbean, and American Sinophone literatures. By placing Sinophone cultures at the crossroads of multiple empires, this anthology richly demonstrates the transformative power of multiculturalism and multilingualism, and by examining the place-based cultural and social practices of Sinitic-language communities in their historical contexts beyond "China proper," it effectively refutes the diasporic framework. It is an invaluable companion for courses in Asian, postcolonial, empire, and ethnic studies, as well as world and comparative literature. Book jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 460 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231157517 9780231157506 0231157509 9780231157513 9780231527101 0231527101 |