Sinophone studies

Sinophone studies: a critical reader

by Bernards, Brian Shih,, Shu-mei Tsai, Chien-Hsin

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"This definitive anthology casts Sinophone studies as the study of Sinitic-language cultures born of colonial and postcolonial influences. Its transnational and comparative essays by such authors as Rey Chow, Ha Jin, Leo Ou-fan Lee, Ien 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 cr…

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  • Full title :Sinophone studies : a critical reader / edited by Shu-mei Shih, Chien-hsin Tsai, and Brian Bernards.

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"This definitive anthology casts Sinophone studies as the study of Sinitic-language cultures born of colonial and postcolonial influences. Its transnational and comparative essays by such authors as Rey Chow, Ha Jin, Leo Ou-fan Lee, Ien 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. Adding new, non-Han-centric dimensions to conceptions of Chinese citizenship and ethnic identity, this book is an invaluable companion for courses in Asian, postcolonial, empire, and ethnic studies, as well as world and comparative literatures"--Provided by publisher

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  • Publication Date:©2013

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  • Description:1 online resource (473 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780231527101, 0231527101
  • oclc:ocn863717184
  • LC Classification:DS732
  • Dewey Decimal:305.800951

Subjects

Chinese Chinese -- Ethnic identity. -- Foreign … Chinese -- Foreign countries Chinese -- Intellectual life. -- Foreig… Chinese diaspora Chinesen Chinois Chinois -- Identité ethnique. -- Pays é… Chinois -- Pays étrangers Chinois -- Vie intellectuelle. -- Pays … Ethnische Identität Literatur Minderheit National characteristics, Chinese SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race… SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies

Writers

Bernards, Brian Shih,, Shu-mei Tsai, Chien-Hsin

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