Aspects of Diaspora

This anthology is a collection of articles by experts in the field on Chinese-American and Chinese-Canadian authors who wrote in English and French. Both established and emerging writers are studied. Thus, it adds a new dimension to our understanding of the development of the Chinese component of a multicultural society in North America through the analysis of the literary production. This book constitutes a part of intercultural studies of our society.

Autorentext
The Editor: Lucie Bernier was born in Canada. She studied in Freiburg im Breisgau, Erlangen, Berlin, Madrid and Montréal. In 1987 she received her Master degree in Comparative Literature from McGill University in Montréal. In 1993 she obtained her Ph.D. also in Comparative Literature from Université de Montréal. Since 1994 she is Associate Professor in Taiwan. She is currently affiliated with the National Chung Cheng University where she teaches Comparative Literature.

Inhalt

Contents: Margo S. Gewurtz: The Reality of Names: Collective History in Two Chinese Canadian Authors - Lynne van Leuven: Trading Identities in Canadian Fiction - Lucie Bernier: Ecrivains sino-canadiens: une triple altérité - Jianguo Chen: «Cultural Difference» and Trans/national Identification - The Problematic of Contemporary Chinese Diaspora - Te-hsing Shan: Positioning Chinese American Literature - A Perspective from Taiwan - King-Kok Cheung: Of Men and Men: Reconstructing Chinese American Masculinity.