Phyllis Yu-Ting Huang

Literary Representations of "Mainlanders" in Taiwan

Becoming Sinophone

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines literary representations of mainlander identity articulated by Taiwan's second-generation mainlander writers, who share the common feature of emotional ambivalence between Taiwan and China.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780367648800
• ISBN-10: 0367648806
• Artikelnr.: 64104023

Autorenporträt

Phyllis Yu-ting Huang is Sessional Lecturer at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What's in a Name?: Second-generation Mainlander Writing as a Genre 1. Constructing the Mainlander: Self, Other, and Homeland in Chu Tien-hsin's Everlasting (
) and Yuan Chiung-chiung's This Love, This Life (
) 2. Seeking a New Identity: Su Wei-chen's Leaving Tongfang (
) and Chu Tien-hsin's "In Remembrance of My Buddies from the Military Compound" (
) 3. In Quest of the Absent Mainlander Father: Family, History, and Mainlander Identity in Hao Yu-hsiang's The Inn (
) and Lo Yi-chin's The Moon Clan (
) 4. Inventing a Taiwanized Juancun: Lai Sheng-chuan and Wang Wei-chung's The Village (
) 5. Happily Ever After?: Homecoming and Mainlander Identity in Chiang Hsiao-yun's Peach Blossom Well (
) Conclusion and Epilogue: "Mainlander" as an Identity of In-betweenness