Beyond east and west : an exploration of two Singaporean women’s autobiography.

• Main Author: Ho, Kit Ying.
• Other Authors: Sim Wai Chew
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::Singapore
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15398
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This project looks into the autobiographies of Lucy Lum and Janet Lim. Both books are set in colonial Singapore and both are texts originally written in English by non-native speakers about their personal experiences. Yet, the choice of writing and publishing in English is an after-effect of colon...