Asian Diaspora Poetry in North America

Klappentext Presenting a way of reading that helps us discern some previously unnoticed or unnoticeable features of Asian diaspora poetry! this volume highlights how poetry plays a significant role in mediating and defining cross-cultural and transnational positions. Zusammenfassung This volume provides a new way of reading that helps us discern some previously unnoticed features of Asian diaspora poetry and highlights how poetry plays a significant role in mediating and defining cross-cultural and transnational positions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Permissions Chapter One: Introduction: Departure for a Detour Chapter Two: The Poetics of Cultural Transrelation: A Diversion of Identity Chapter Three: The Politics of Re-homing: Negotiation of Cultural Dwellings Chapter Four: The Problematics of Translocal Place: Cultural Passage beyond the Border Politics Chapter Five: Alter/native Stories of Memory and Amnesia: A Mnemonic Inquiry Chapter Six: Against the Grain of Cultural Exoticism: The Other Question Chapter Seven: Styling Diasporic Carnival: Performance of Difference Chapter Eight: Conclusion: Journey without Maps Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Benzi Zhang, Benzi (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Zhang, Zhang Benzi
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.11.2007
• EAN: 9780415957175
• ISBN: 978-0-415-95717-5
• Pagine: 194
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory; Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / General, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary theory, Literary studies: postcolonial literature