Re-orienting China
Subtitle: travel writing and cross-cultural understanding
By: Leilei Chen
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780889774407
Subjects: Social life and customs; Americans; Description and travel; Canadians; History and criticism; Travelers' writings, American; History
Other titles: China :
Description: "Re-Orienting China challenges the notion of the travel writer as "imperialistic," while exploring the binary opposition of self/other. Featuring analyses of rarely studied writers on post-1949 China, including Jan Wong, Jock T. Wilson, Peter Hessler, Leslie T. Chang, Hill Gates, and Yi-Fu Tuan, Re-Orienting China demonstrates the transformative power of travel, as it changes our preconceived notions of home and abroad. Drawing on her own experience as a Chinese expat living in Canada, Leilei Chen embraces the possibility of productive cross-border relationships that are critical in today's globalized world. "An intriguing contribution to research. Postcolonial studies is in the process of exploring ways to get past the binary opposition of self/other, and books like Re-Orienting China are an important part of this project."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.