Writing the South Seas
Author: Brian C. Bernards
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2015-12-21
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 029580615X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Postcolonial literature about the South Seas, or Nanyang, examines the history of Chinese migration, localization, and interethnic exchange in Southeast Asia, where Sinophone settler cultures evolved independently by adapting to their "New World" and mingling with native cultures. Writing the South Seas explains why Nanyang encounters, neglected by most literary histories, should be considered crucial to the national literatures of China and Southeast Asia.