Re-Orienting China: Travel Writing and Cross-Cultural Understanding - Couverture rigide

Chen, Leilei

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0889774404 ISBN 13 : 9780889774407

Editeur : University of Regina Press, 2016

Synopsis

Re-Orienting China moves beyond the imperialist implications of the travel writing genre, and instead shows how travel writing can function as a genre of cultural translation. Addressing the transformation that results from interacting with Chinese otherness, Leilei Chen shows how being exposed to cultural difference may engender a genuine interest in the other and spark a rediscovery of self. With close readings of writings by Jan Wong, Jock T. Wilson, Peter Hessler, Leslie T. Chang, Hill Gates, and Yi-Fu Tuan - all travellers to post-1949 China - the book acknowledges the separation between home and abroad but also looks for connections and commonalities. In the context of today's globalized world, Re-Orienting China embraces the possibility of productive engagement with Chinese otherness and imagines what balanced relationships across borders can look like.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Leilei Chen is an instructor of English and Writing Studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Before moving to Canada she was a professor of English at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. She has published in the areas of Victorian Studies, Asian American studies, Canadian literature, and travel writing. 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Regina Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0889774404
• ISBN 13: 9780889774407
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
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