Title Asian diaspora poetry in North America / Benzi Zhang

Published New York : Routledge, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 177 pages) Series Literary criticism and cultural theory Literary criticism and cultural theory. Contents Introduction: departure for a detour -- The poetics of cultural transrelation: a diversion of identity -- The politics of re-homing: negotiation of cultural dwellings -- The problematics of translocal place: cultural passage beyond the border politics -- Alter/native stories of memory and amnesia: a mnemonic inquiry -- Against the grain of cultural exoticism: the other question -- Styling diasporic carnival: performance of difference -- Conclusion: journey without maps Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-171) and index Notes Print version record Subject American poetry -- Asian American authors -- History and criticism Canadian poetry -- Asian authors -- History and criticism Asian diaspora. Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity Group identity in literature. Multiculturalism in literature. Memory in literature. Other (Philosophy) in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- Asian American. American poetry -- Asian American authors Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity Asian diaspora Canadian poetry -- Asian authors Group identity in literature Memory in literature Multiculturalism in literature Other (Philosophy) in literature Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203937242 0203937244

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