Abstract
In his recent study, Brian Bernards analyses the motif of the Nanyang (the South Seas) in postcolonial fiction from Malaysia, Thailand, Borneo, Singapore and Taiwan. Through a focus on the integration, assimilation and confrontation between (descendants of) Chinese settlers and the local populations, Bernards’s analyses reveal the internal heterogeneity of each perceived group.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Short description | Book review |
| Media of output | Web site |
| Publisher | newbooks.asia |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 Oct 2 |
Bibliographical note
Reviewed Work(s): Writing the South Seas: Imagining the Nanyang in Chinese and Southeast Asian Postcolonial Literature (by Brian Bernards)Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Languages and Literature
Free keywords
- Chinese literature
- sinophone studies
- postcolonial literature
- translingualism
- New Culture movement