Re-orienting China : travel writing and cross-cultural understanding /
Re-Orienting China challenges the notion of the travel writer as "imperialistic," while exploring the binary opposition of self/other. Featuring analyses of rarely studied writers on post-1949 China, including Jan Wong, Jock T. Wilson, Peter Hessler, Leslie T. Chang, Hill Gates and Yi-Fu T...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Regina, Saskatchewan :
University of Regina Press,
[2016]
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| Summary: | Re-Orienting China challenges the notion of the travel writer as "imperialistic," while exploring the binary opposition of self/other. Featuring analyses of rarely studied writers on post-1949 China, including Jan Wong, Jock T. Wilson, Peter Hessler, Leslie T. Chang, Hill Gates and Yi-Fu Tuan, Re-Orienting China demonstrates the transformative power of travel, as it changes our preconceived notions of home and abroad. Drawing on her own experience as a Chinese expat living in Canada, Leilei Chen embraces the possibility of productive cross-border relationships that are critical in today's globalized world. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 189 pages : map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-174) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780889774407 0889774404 |