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Sinophone Studies: A Critical Reader
| PUBLISHER | Columbia University Press (01/22/2013) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | eBook (Open Ebook) |
Description
This definitive anthology 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, 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. It is an invaluable companion for courses in Asian, postcolonial, empire, and ethnic studies, as well as world and comparative literature.
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ISBN-13:
9780231527101
ISBN-10:
0231527101
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
472
Carton Quantity:
0
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Maps,
Glossary,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
Social Science | Asian - Chinese
Dewey Decimal:
305.800
Library of Congress Control Number:
2012011978
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This definitive anthology 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, 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. It is an invaluable companion for courses in Asian, postcolonial, empire, and ethnic studies, as well as world and comparative literature.
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Editor:
Shih, Shu-Mei
Shu-mei Shih is Professor in Asian Languages and Cultures, Comparative Literature, and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of "The Lure of the Modern: Writing Modernism in Semicolonial China, 1917-1937 "(UC Press) and coeditor of "Minor Transnationalism."
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