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Bruno, Cosima (2017) 'Writing in London. Home and Languaging in the Work of London Poets of Chinese Descent.' Life Writing, 14 (1). pp. 37-55.

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Abstract

This essay discusses literary works produced in London by poets of Chinese descent who are foreign-born or London native. Some of these works are written in English, and some in Chinese. The aim is to discuss poetry that has emphatically or reluctantly embraced the identity narrative, talking of home and belonging in substantially different ways from each other, according to each poet’s individual relationship with movement, migration, and stability. Therefore, through the use of the phrase ‘London poets of Chinese descent’, I do not aim at tracing a shared sense of identity, but instead I am interested in using London as a method for an oblique reading that recognises the variety of angles and approaches in these poets’ individual experience, history and circumstances that can range from occasional travel to political exile.

Item Type: Journal Article
Additional Information: Published online by Taylor and Francis on 14 July 2016
Keywords: Languaging, multicultural London, poets of Chinese descent, xenophone
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
Legacy Departments > Faculty of Languages and Cultures > Department of the Languages and Cultures of China and Inner Asia
ISSN: 17512964
Copyright Statement: © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Life Writing on 14 Jul 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14484528.2016.1204259
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1080/14484528.2016.1204259
Date Deposited: 21 Jun 2016 10:52
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/22627

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