
The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities
Jessica Tsui-yan Li(Editor)
McGill-Queen's University Press
Will be published approx. on 30. September 2019
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7735-5684-3 (ISBN)
Description
Highlighting the geopolitical and economic circumstances that have prompted migration from Hong Kong and mainland China to Canada, The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities examines the Chinese Canadian community as a simultaneously transcultural, transnational, and domestic social and cultural formation. Essays in this volume argue that Chinese Canadians, a population that has produced significant cultural imprints on Canadian society, must create and constantly redefine their identities as manifested in social science, literary, and historical spheres. These perpetual negotiations reflect social and cultural ideologies and practices and demonstrate Chinese Canadians' recreations of their self-perception, self-expression, and self-projection in relation to others. Contextualized within larger debates on multicultural society and specific Chinese Canadian cultural experiences, this book considers diverse cultural presentations of literary expression, the "model minority" and the influence of gender and profession on success and failure, the gendered dynamics of migration and the growth of transnational ("astronaut") families in the 1980s, and inter-ethnic boundary crossing. Taking an innovative approach to the ways in which Chinese Canadians adapt to and construct the Canadian multicultural mosaic, The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities explores various patterns of Chinese cultural interchanges in Canada and how they intertwine with the community's sense of disengagement and belonging. Contributors include Lily Cho (York), Elena Chou (York), Eric Fong (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Loretta Ho (Toronto), Jack Leong (Toronto), Jessica Tsui-yan Li (York), Lucia Lo (York), Guida Man (York), Kwok-kan Tam (Hang Seng Management College), Eleanor Ty (Wilfrid Laurier), and Henry Yu (British Columbia).
Reviews / Votes
"Unlike conventional postcolonialist approaches to the issue of migration, which tend to represent the immigrant within the sphere of the host country only as the person in exile, the subject of displacement, or the so-called Other, The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities represents Chinese Canadian immigrants as a socially privileged group in their home country despite their marginalization in Canada." Leilei Chen, University of AlbertaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3 images, 4 figures, 9 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-5684-3 (9780773556843)
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Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities
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Person
Jessica Tsui-yan Li is associate professor of Chinese literature, film, and culture in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at York University.