Zhang Asian Diaspora Poetry in North America

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-1-135-90882-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 194 Seiten

Reihe: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

Presenting a new 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.

Asian diaspora poetry in North America is a rich body of poetic works that not only provide valuable material for us to understand the lives and experiences of Asian diasporas, but also present us with an opportunity to examine some of the most important issues in current literary and cultural studies.

As a mode of writing across cultural and national borders, these poetic works challenge us to reconsider the assumptions and meanings of identity, nation, home, and place in a broad cross-cultural context. In recent postcolonial studies, diaspora has been conceived not only as a process of migration in which people crossed and traversed the borders of different countries, but also as a double relationship between different cultural origins.

With all its complexity and ambiguity associated with the experience of multi-cultural mediation, diaspora, as both a process and a relationship, suggests an act of constant repositioning in confluent streams that accommodate to multiple cultural traditions. By examining how Asian diaspora poets maintain and represent their cultural differences in North America, Zhang is able to seek new perspectives for understanding and analyzing the intrinsic values of Asian cultures that survive and develop persistently in North American societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhang, Benzi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

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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

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