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Author Chen, Leilei, 1970- author

Title Re-orienting China : travel writing and cross-cultural understanding / Leilei Chen
Published Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, 2016

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Summary "Re-Orienting China challenges the notion of the travel writer as "imperialistic," while exploring the binary opposition of self/other. Featuring analyses of rarely studied writers on post-1949 China, including Jan Wong, Jock T. Wilson, Peter Hessler, Leslie T. Chang, Hill Gates, and Yi-Fu Tuan, Re-Orienting China demonstrates the transformative power of travel, as it changes our preconceived notions of home and abroad. Drawing on her own experience as a Chinese expat living in Canada, Leilei Chen embraces the possibility of productive cross-border relationships that are critical in today's globalized world. "An intriguing contribution to research. Postcolonial studies is in the process of exploring ways to get past the binary opposition of self/other, and books like Re-Orienting China are an important part of this project."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Travelers' writings, American -- China -- History and criticism
Americans -- China -- History -- 20th century
Canadians -- China -- History -- 20th century
TRAVEL -- Asia -- General.
Americans
Canadians
Manners and customs
Travel
Travelers' writings, American
SUBJECT China -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024006
China -- Social life and customs -- 1949- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024193
China -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024101
Subject China
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0889774412
9780889774421
0889774420
9780889774414
9780889774407
0889774404
Other Titles China