At home in the chinese diaspora: memories, identities and belongings
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349353309
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2008
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book explores how memories are used to re-establish a sense of belonging, analyzing the relationships between migrants' adjustment, assimilation and re-membering home. It considers memories as social expressions as well as the tensions and conflicts in representing and renegotiating memories in literature and cinema.