Asian Diaspora Poetry in North AmericaRoutledge, 12 de dez. de 2007 - 194 páginas 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 lives and experiences of Asian diasporas, but also present us with an opportunity to examine some of the most important issues in current literary and cultural studies. As a mode of writing across cultural and national borders, these poetic works challenge us to reconsider the assumptions and meanings of identity, nation, home, and place in a broad cross-cultural context. In recent postcolonial studies, diaspora has been conceived not only as a process of migration in which people crossed and traversed the borders of different countries, but also as a double relationship between different cultural origins. With all its complexity and ambiguity associated with the experience of multi-cultural mediation, diaspora, as both a process and a relationship, suggests an act of constant repositioning in confluent streams that accommodate to multiple cultural traditions. By examining how Asian diaspora poets maintain and represent their cultural differences in North America, Zhang is able to seek new perspectives for understanding and analyzing the intrinsic values of Asian cultures that survive and develop persistently in North American societies. |
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... community of friends, colleagues, authors and co-diasporas. My deep gratitude goes to Robert Wilson and Robin Cohen for their encouragement. I benefited from edifying conversations with Wing Tek Lum on poetic imagination. I am indebted ...
... migration in which people crossed and traversed the borders of different countries, but also as a double relationship between different cultural homes/origins. The reconceptualization of diaspora as a relationship, according to Smadar ...
... diaspora communities to reinforce their original traditions and to strengthen their cultural cohesion. It is significant to note that Asian diaspora poetry gives voice to the unspoken, yet ever-present memory of cultural differences. As ...
... societies and become part of local operations. The chapter on “Writing against the Grain of Cultural Exoticism” examines the question of representing cultural otherness in relation to Asian diaspora poetry. Cultural exoticism, in a ...
Benzi Zhang. Asian diaspora poets are people with a double vision or a “second sight” which, in Robin Cohen's words, allows them to see “'how things are done' in other societies as well as in the one in which they find themselves.” “ ...
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Negotiation of Cultural Dwellings 29 | |
Performance of Difference 123 | |
Journey without Maps 149 | |
Bibliography 157 | |
Index 173 | |