MCLC: Sinophone Studies published

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: kirk (denton.2 at osu.edu)
Subject: Sinophone Studies published
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Columbia University Press is pleased to announce the publication of:

Sinophone Studies: A Critical Reader
Edited by Shu-mei Shih, Chien-hsin Tsai, and Brian Bernards

Paper, 472 pages, 3 color illustrations
ISBN: 978-0-231-15751-3
$40.00  / £27.50
  
January, 2013    

This definitive anthology casts Sinophone studies as the study of
Sinitic-language cultures born of colonial and postcolonial influences.
Essays by such authors as Rey Chow, Ha Jin, Leo Ou-fan Lee, Ien Ang,
Wei-ming Tu, and David Wang address debates concerning the nature of
Chineseness while introducing readers to essential readings in Tibetan,
Malaysian, Taiwanese, French, Caribbean, and American Sinophone
literatures. By placing Sinophone cultures at the crossroads of multiple
empires, this anthology richly demonstrates the transformative power of
multiculturalism and multilingualism, and by examining the place-based
cultural and social practices of Sinitic-language communities in their
historical contexts beyond "China proper," it effectively refutes the
diasporic framework. It is an invaluable companion for courses in Asian,
postcolonial, empire, and ethnic studies, as well as world and comparative
literature.

http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-15750-6/sinophone-studies
Anyone who uses the promo code "SINSHI" to purchase the paperback edition
Of the book from this site will receive a 30% discount.

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