Narratives of diaspora: representations of Asia in Chinese American literature

Abstract

Introduction 1. The Sino-Japanese War and Chinese History in Amy Tan's Novels and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls 2. The Vietnam War and the Cultural Politics of Loyalty in Maxine Hong Kingston's The Fifth Book of Peace 3. Sexual Politics, Buddhism, and Transnationalism in Russell Leong's The Country of Dreams and Dust and Phoenix Eyes 4. Writing Exile and Diaspora in Li-Young Lee's The Winged Seed and The City in which I Love You 5. Postcolonial Southeast Asian Transnationalism in Shirley Geok-lin Lim's Among the White Moon Faces and Sister Swing 6. Writing Communist China and the Politics of Diasporic Identity: Ha Jin, Anchee Min, Lien Chao, and Lisa See Conclusion: Chinese American Literature in the Twenty-First Century