Sheng-Mei Ma

Sinophone-Anglophone Cultural Duet

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This book examines the paradox of China and the United States' literary and visual relationships, morphing between a happy duet and a contentious duel in fiction, film, poetry, comics, and opera from both sides of the Pacific. In the 21st century where tension between the two superpowers escalates, a gaping lacuna lies in the cultural sphere of Sino-Anglo comparative cultures. By focusing on a Sinophone-Anglophone relationship rather than a China-US one, Sheng-mei Ma eschews realpolitik, focusing on the two languages and the cross-cultural spheres where, contrary to Kipling's twain, East and West forever meet, like a repetition compulsion bor… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-319-86306-1
EAN: 9783319863061
Produktnummer: 29981330
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 260 S.
Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.8 cm x D1.4 cm 341 g
Auflage: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 341

Über den Autor

Sheng-mei Ma is Professor of English at Michigan State University, USA, specializing in Asian Diaspora and East-West comparative studies. His books in English include: The Last Isle (2015); Alienglish (2014); Asian Diaspora and East-West Modernity (2012); Diaspora Literature and Visual Culture (2011); East-West Montage (2007); The Deathly Embrace (2000); and Immigrant Subjectivities in Asian American and Asian Diaspora Literatures (1998).