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Narratives of diaspora : representations of Asia in Chinese American literature / Walter S. H. Lim. - First edition. - 195 p.

The Sino-Japanese War and Chinese history in Amy Tan's novels and Lisa See's Shanghai girls -- The Vietnam war and the cultural politics of loyalty in Maxine Hong Kingston's The fifth book of peace -- Sexual politics, Buddhism, and transnationalism in Russell Leong's The country of dreams and Dust and Phoenix eyes -- Writing exile and diaspora in Li-young Lee's The winged seed and The city in which I love you -- Postcolonial southeast asian transnationalism in Shirley Geok-Lin Lim's Among the white moon faces and Sister swing -- Writing communist China and The politics of diasporic identity: Ha Jin, Anchee Min, Lien Chao, and Lisa See -- Conclusion: Chinese American literature in the twenty-first century. HKBU library

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American literature--Chinese American authors--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
American literature--History and criticism.--21st century


Asia--In literature.

PS153 / L732 2013