Representing Chinese-Caucasian romance in twentieth-century Anglophone literature /

"Against the modern cult for transnational love, this book brings readers to revisit the prolonged anxieties over the mixing of races and the complexities underpinning the literary representation of thwarted Chinese-Caucasian romance in the twentieth century. Moreover, in the current world orde...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Zeng, Shu, 1989- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing Inc., [2020]
Subjects:	American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Interracial couples in literature. Interracial friendship in literature. Interracial marriage in literature. Chinese in literature. Whites in literature. Other (Philosophy) in literature. English literature > 20th century > History and criticism. American literature. English literature. 1900-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

The Chinese Chameleon Revisited
Staging Chinese Presence in the Early Twentieth Century
Orientalism and Counterhegemonic Energies
Unveiling the Harem
The Politics of Intercultural Representation and the Potentiality of Cultural Hybridity
Conclusion.