Obtrusive Chineseness: Self-Translation and the Politics of Writing in Diaspora, 1930s-1970s
(2024)
Thesis
Wang, K. Obtrusive Chineseness: Self-Translation and the Politics of Writing in Diaspora, 1930s-1970s. (Thesis). SOAS University of London
This is a study of three twentieth-century authors who wrote extensively about China while living in diaspora. These were Eileen Chang 張愛玲 (1920-1995), Robert van Gulik 高羅佩 (1910-1967), and S. I. Hsiung 熊式一 (1902-1991). Despite their obvious... Read More about Obtrusive Chineseness: Self-Translation and the Politics of Writing in Diaspora, 1930s-1970s.