{"product_id":"transpacific-cartographies-narrating-the-contemporary-chinese-diaspora-in-the-united-states-9781978829336","title":"Transpacific Cartographies: Narrating the Contemporary Chinese Diaspora in the United States","description":"\u003ci\u003eTranspacific Cartographies\u003c\/i\u003e examines how contemporary Chinese diasporic narratives address the existential loss of home for immigrant communities at a time of global precarity and amid rising Sino-US tensions. Focusing on cultural productions of the Chinese diaspora from the 1990s to the present -- including novels by the Sinophone writers Yan Geling (\u003ci\u003eThe Criminal Lu Yanshi\u003c\/i\u003e), Shi Yu (\u003ci\u003eNew York Lover\u003c\/i\u003e), Chen Qian (\u003ci\u003eListen to the Caged Bird Sing\u003c\/i\u003e), and Rong Rong (\u003ci\u003eNotes of a Couple\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as by the Anglophone writer Ha Jin (\u003ci\u003eA Free Life\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Map of Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e), selected TV shows (\u003ci\u003eBeijinger in New York\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Way We Were\u003c\/i\u003e), and online literature -- Melody Yunzi Li argues that the characters in these stories create multilayered maps that transcend the territorial boundaries that make finding a home in a foreign land a seemingly impossible task. In doing so, these \"maps\" outline a transpacific landscape that reflects the psycho-geography of homemaking for diasporic communities. Intersecting with and bridging Sinophone studies, Chinese American studies, and diaspora studies and drawing on theories of literary cartography, \u003ci\u003eTranspacific Cartographies\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how these \"maps\" offer their readers different paths for finding a sense of home no matter where they are. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMELODY YUNZI LI is an assistant professor in Chinese studies at the University of Houston, Texas. She is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eAffective Geographies and Narratives of Chinese Diaspora.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50456598479122,"sku":"9781978829336","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2f04a71f-fc20-4783-9679-c3ea97409078.jpg?v=1729916993","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/transpacific-cartographies-narrating-the-contemporary-chinese-diaspora-in-the-united-states-9781978829336","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}