Away from China : reincorporating two Sinophone novels into Asian American literary canon

• Main Author: Lim, Soon Vin
• Other Authors: Sim Wai Chew
• Format: Thesis-Master by Research
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2019
• Subjects: Humanities; Humanities::Literature::American
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136517
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis argues against the Sinocentric school of thought that perceives Sinophone literary production in the United States as “overseas Chinese literature”. I take issue with this problematic diasporic designation and its proponents, and maintain that when routes can be roots, Sinophone writing...