Identity, Home and Writing Elsewhere in Contemporary Chinese Diaspora Poetry by

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An exploration of the burgeoning field of Anglophone Asian diaspora poetry, this book draws on the thematic concerns of Hong Kong, Asian-American and British Asian poets from the wider Chinese or East Asian diasporic culture to offer a transnational understanding of the complex notions of home, displacement and race in a globalised world.Located within current discourse surrounding Asian poetry, postcolonial and migrant writing, and bridging the fields of literary and cultural criticism with author interviews, this book provides close readings on established and emerging Chinese diasporic poets' work by incorporating the writers' own reflections on their craft through interviews with some of those featured. In doing so, Jennifer Wong explores the usefulness and limitations of existing labels and categories in reading the works of selected poets from specific racial, socio-cultural, linguistic environments and gender backgrounds, including Bei Dao, Li-Young Lee, Marilyn Chin, Hannah Lowe and Sarah Howe, Nina Mingya Powles and Mary Jean Chan. Incorporating scholarship from both the East and the West, Wong demonstrates how these poets' experimentation with poetic language and forms serve to challenge the changing notions of homeland, family, history and identity, offering new evaluations of contemporary diasporic voices.

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Jennifer Wong was born and grew up in Hong Kong, and is now based in the UK. She is Associate Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, UK, and a visiting humanities fellow at Oxford University's TORCH in 2022. She has three poetry collections published including Letters Home (2020), which was named the Wild Card Choice by Poetry Book Society.

Table of Contents

Preface by Shirley LimIntroduction: Understanding concepts of home, identity and diasporaChapter 1 - Bei Dao: A Sinophone diasporic poet and the poetic language of exileChapter 2 - Li-Young Lee: Exile, nostalgia and Oriental spiritualityChapter 3 - Marilyn Chin's feminist poetics of protestChapter 4 - Hannah Lowe: Hybridity, multicultural heritage and classChapter 5 - Sarah Howe: Pilgrimage, Chinoiserie and translated identitiesChapter 6 - Race, sexuality and family in the poetry of Mary Jean ChanChapter 7 - Anglophone Chinese diaspora poetry in the UK: A new generationChapter 8 - Anglophone poetry in Hong Kong: Cosmopolitanism and a splitnotion of homeEpilogueAppendix 1 - Author InterviewsAppendix 2 - Biographies of Poets DiscussedBibliographyIndex

Review

Jennifer Wong's innovative new study of Anglophone Asian diasporic poetry explores how notions of home, race, identity, and belonging are imaginatively made and re-made in the work of poets whose lives and verse traverse oceans and languages. Fusing literary commentary with in-depth interviews with practicing poets, this lucid and elegant book straddles criticism and creativity in illuminating ways, showing how the voices of living poets rightly belong in scholarly treatments of their work. This book a must-read for any scholar or student keen to understand the relationship between poetic form and experiences of migration, exile, and multiculturalism. * Margaret Hillenbrand, Professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, University of Oxford, UK *By juxtaposing critical discussions of a range of poets with a study of the concept of diaspora and an account of Chinese migrations, Jennifer Wong offers here a refreshingly original curation of materials that will be of interest to scholars and general readers alike. An impressive and commendable undertaking. * Rey Chow, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Duke University, USA *This is an important book about the contemporary moment in Chinese diasporic poetry. The focus on identity is especially timely in its engagement with the Chinese diasporic experience. * Eddie Tay, Associate Professor, Department of English, Chinese University of Hong Kong *

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An exploration of home and identity within contemporary Anglophone Chinese diaspora poetry that combines interviews with leading poets about their craft with close readings and critical analysis of their work.

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"Jennifer Wong's innovative new study of Anglophone Asian diasporic poetry explores how notions of home, race, identity, and belonging are imaginatively made and re-made in the work of poets whose lives and verse traverse oceans and languages. Fusing literary commentary with in-depth interviews with practicing poets, this lucid and elegant book straddles criticism and creativity in illuminating ways, showing how the voices of living poets rightly belong in scholarly treatments of their work. This book a must-read for any scholar or student keen to understand the relationship between poetic form and experiences of migration, exile, and multiculturalism." -- Margaret Hillenbrand, Professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, University of Oxford, UK "This is an important book about the contemporary moment in Chinese diasporic poetry. The focus on identity is especially timely in its engagement with the Chinese diasporic experience." -- Eddie Tay, Associate Professor, Department of English, Chinese University of Hong Kong

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An exploration of home and identity within contemporary Anglophone Chinese diaspora poetry that combines interviews with leading poets about their craft with close readings and critical analysis of their work.

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Offers a comprehensive transnational overview of contemporary Anglophone Chinese diaspora poetry

Details ISBN1350250333 Language English ISBN-10 1350250333 ISBN-13 9781350250338 Format Hardcover Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Dr Jennifer Wong Year 2023 Pages 248 Publication Date 2023-02-09 NZ Release Date 2023-02-09 UK Release Date 2023-02-09 Illustrations 17 bw illus DEWEY 821.91098951 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2023-02-08 We've got this

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