Xiao Xiong

Haunting in Chinese-Australian Writing (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines haunting in terms of trauma, languaging, and the supernatural in works by Chinese-Australian writers who were born in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. It goes past the conventional focus on identity issues in the analysis of diasporic writing, considering how the memory of past trauma is triggered by abusive systems of power in the present. The author unpacks how trauma also brings past violence to haunt the present. Showing the supernatural as a social and cultural product, the book elucidates how haunting as the supernatural refers to the coexistence of, and the competition between, different cultures and powers. It takes a wide-ranging view of different diasporic communities under the banner 'Chinese', a term that refers not only to Chinese nationals in terms of citizenship, but also to the Chinese diaspora in terms of ancestry, and Chinese culture more generally. The book examines how different Chinese diasporic communities present a dynamic and multiple state through which different Chinese subcultures are partially erased by other cultures. In analyzing haunting in texts, the author positions Chinese culture as in a constant state of flux. Relevant to scholars in comparative literary and Chinese cultural studies with an interest in the Gothic and postcolonial traditions, this book is a novel perspective on Asian literary and cultural influences in Australia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
• Seitenzahl: 151
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789819930647
• Artikelnr.: 68326635

Autorenporträt

Dr Xiao Xiong is a lecturer in English literature at Central China Normal University. He was supported by the China Scholarship Council and University of Wollongong to complete his PhD at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He previously studied at Wuhan University in China, where he received the Outstanding Postgraduate Scholarship. He is passionate about both English and Chinese literatures focusing on postcolonialism.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1.- Haunting as Trauma in Birds of Passage and Her Father's Daughter.- Chapter 2.- Haunting as Languaging in Ouyang Yu's The English Class and Selected Poetry.- Chapter 3.- Haunting as the Supernatural in The Crocodile Fury and Playing Madame Mao

Rezensionen

"Xiao Xiong's book Haunting in Chinese-Australian Writing explores various ways in which Chinese-Australian writing can be understood as haunting. Xiong incorporates theories of 'haunting' as 'the return of the repressed' in his reading that reveals the lived experiences of Chinese Australians under various abusive systems. Such an original reading is relatable and thought-provoking in diaspora literature in general." (Ray Zhou, Asian Studies Review, August 18, 2024)