Transitive Cultures: Anglophone Literature of the Transpacific - Couverture souple

Patterson, Christopher B.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0813591864 ISBN 13 : 9780813591865

Editeur : Rutgers University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Winner of the 2020 Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize from the American Studies Association

Texts written by Southeast Asian migrants have often been read, taught, and studied under the label of multicultural literature. But what if the ideology of multiculturalism--with its emphasis on authenticity and identifiable cultural difference--is precisely what this literature resists?

Transitive Cultures offers a new perspective on transpacific Anglophone literature, revealing how these chameleonic writers enact a variety of hybrid, transnational identities and intimacies. Examining literature from Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, as well as from Southeast Asian migrants in Canada, Hawaii, and the U.S. mainland, this book considers how these authors use English strategically, as a means for building interethnic alliances and critiquing ruling power structures in both Southeast Asia and North America. Uncovering a wealth of texts from queer migrants, those who resist ethnic stereotypes, and those who feel few ties to their ostensible homelands, Transitive Cultures challenges conventional expectations regarding diaspora and minority writers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

CHRISTOPHER B. PATTERSON is an assistant professor at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rutgers University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813591864
• ISBN 13: 9780813591865
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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