Toward the North : stories by Chinese Canadian writers /
Toward the North is the first anthology of thirteen short fiction pieces written and translated by Chinese-Canadian writers during the last two decades, each of which depicts the contemporary lives of new Chinese immigrants to Canada and illustrates newcomers' perspectives of multicultural Cana...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
Inanna Publications and Education Inc.,
[2018]
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| Series: | Inanna poetry & fiction series.
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| Summary: | Toward the North is the first anthology of thirteen short fiction pieces written and translated by Chinese-Canadian writers during the last two decades, each of which depicts the contemporary lives of new Chinese immigrants to Canada and illustrates newcomers' perspectives of multicultural Canada. The theme of the anthology is Chinese transnational and cross-cultural life experience. A fundamental concern shared by most of the authors is to redefine their characters' cultural identity in their acculturation across times and space. In these stories, the exploration of the relationship between Chinese immigrants and Canadians extends beyond "yellow"/"white" binary model, revealing interactions between the Chinese and other ethnic communities. Struggles between cultural assimilation and resistance are vividly and captivatedly portrayed. The authors' approaches to their characters' life experience of culture's in-between displays an intriguing diversity both in content and in styles. |
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| Item Description: | Some stories translated from the Chinese. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 291 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781771335652 1771335653 |