Literary representations of "mainlanders" in Taiwan : becoming Sinophone /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Huang, Phyllis Yu-ting, 1976- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Series:	Routledge research on Taiwan.
Subjects:	Chinese literature > Taiwan > History and criticism. Identity (Psychology) in literature. Group identity in literature. National characteristics, Taiwan, in literature. National characteristics, Chinese, in literature. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: What's in a name? : second-generation mainlander writing as a genre
Constructing the mainlander : self, other, and homeland in Chu Tien-hsin's Everlasting and Yuan Chiung-chiung's This love, this life
Seeking a new identity : Su Wei-chen's Leaving Tongfang and Chu Tien-hsin's "In remembrance of my buddies from the military compound"
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
Inventing a Taiwanized Juancun : Lai Sheng-chuan and Wang Wei-chung's The village
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.