De-constructing Asian diaspora : reclaiming or reshaping identity and culture?

• Main Author: Ong, Eileen Ah Buan.
• Other Authors: Sim Wai Chew
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/35273
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Because Asian Diasporic predicaments are the hardest to define. No words in the English Dictionary aptly describe their straddled positions. After dissecting the texts, protagonists continue to feel the tension between two distinct cultures of opposing values and belief. As protagonists still fee...