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Author Lee-Loy, Anne-Marie, author.

Title Searching for Mr. Chin : constructions of nation and the Chinese in West Indian literature / Anne-Marie Lee-Loy
Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 183 pages)
Contents Forgotten remembrance: literature and the banal performance of nation -- "Just another Chinaman": the Chinese as outsiders to the nation -- "A real Creolise Chinee": establishing Creole inclusiveness -- From the other side of the counter: Chinese West Indians' self-representation
Summary West Indian literary representations of local Chinese populations illuminate concepts of national belonging
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject West Indian fiction (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Chinese in literature.
West Indian fiction (English) -- Chinese influences
National characteristics in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Caribbean & Latin American.
Chinese in literature
National characteristics in literature
West Indian fiction (English)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author American Literatures Initiative.
ISBN 9781439901328
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9781439901304
1439901309