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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155223803321

Titolo

Asian Canadian writing beyond autoethnography / / Eleanor Ty and Christl Verduyn, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-299-31348-5

1-55458-139-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TyEleanor Rose <1958->

VerduynChristl <1953->

Disciplina

810.9895071

Soggetti

Asian Canadians in literature

Canadian literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Theoretical Challenges and Praxis; Part 2 Generic Transformations; Part 3 Artistic/Textual/Bodily Politics; Part 4 Global Affiliations; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Asian Canadian Writing Beyond Autoethnography explores some of the latest developments in the literary and cultural practices of Canadians of Asian heritage. While earlier work by ethnic, multicultural, or minority writers in Canada was often concerned with immigration, the moment of arrival, issues of assimilation, and conflicts between generations, literary and cultural production in the new millennium no longer focuses solely on the conflict between the Old World and the New or the clashes between culture of origin and adopted culture. No longer are minority authors identifying s