Asian diaspora poetry in North America
By: Benzi Zhang
Series: Literary criticism and cultural theory
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780415957175
Subjects: American poetry -- Asian American authors -- History and criticism; Canadian poetry -- Asian authors -- History and criticism; Asian diaspora; Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity; Group identity in literature; Multiculturalism in literature; Memory in literature; Other (Philosophy) in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-171) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: departure for a detour; title: The poetics of cultural transrelation: a diversion of identity; title: The politics of re-homing: negotiation of cultural dwellings; title: The problematics of translocal place: cultural passage beyond the border politics; title: Alter/native stories of memory and amnesia: a mnemonic inquiry; title: Against the grain of cultural exoticism: the other question; title: Styling diasporic carnival: performance of difference; title: Conclusion: journey without maps