1st Edition

Asian Diaspora Poetry in North America

By Benzi Zhang Copyright 2008
194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

Presenting a new way of reading that helps us discern some previously unnoticed or unnoticeable features of Asian diaspora poetry, this volume highlights how poetry plays a significant role in mediating and defining cross-cultural and transnational positions. Asian diaspora poetry in North America is a rich body of poetic works that not only provide valuable material for us to understand the... Read more

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Chapter One: Introduction: Departure for a Detour

Chapter Two: The Poetics of Cultural Transrelation: A Diversion of Identity

Chapter Three: The Politics of Re-homing: Negotiation of Cultural Dwellings

Chapter Four: The Problematics of Translocal Place: Cultural Passage beyond the Border Politics

Chapter Five: Alter/native Stories of Memory and Amnesia: A Mnemonic Inquiry

Chapter Six: Against the Grain of Cultural Exoticism: The Other Question

Chapter Seven: Styling Diasporic Carnival: Performance of Difference

Chapter Eight: Conclusion: Journey without Maps

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Biography

Benzi Zhang