Haunting in Chinese-Australian Writing
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Beschreibung
This book examines haunting in terms of trauma, languaging, and the supernatural in works by Chinese Australian writers born in Australia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. It goes beyond 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. This book considers how different Chinese diasporic communities present a dynamic and multiple state through partial erasure between different Chinese subcultures and other cultures.
Showing the supernatural as a social and cultural product, this 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. In analysing haunting in texts, the author positions Chinese culture as in a constant state of flux. It is relevant to literary scholars and students with interests in Australian literature, Chinese and Southeast Asian migration writing, and those with an interest in the Gothic and postcolonial traditions.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.
Provides a new perspective and approach to the study on Chinese-Australian diasporic writing Goes beyond the conventional focus on identity issues in the analysis of diasporic writing more generally Covers a wider range of Chinese or Asian Australian writers and texts as part of multicutural Australian literature
Autor*in
Xiao Xiong
Themen in »Haunting in Chinese-Australian Writing«
Haunting in Literature Chinese diaspora Chinese in Australia Comparative literature The Uncanny Trauma in literature
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“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)
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