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Abstract
Reviews Hsin-sheng C. Kao, editor. Nativism Overseas: Contemporary Chinese Women Writers. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993. 282 pp. Hardcover $54.50, Paperback $17.95. This collection of first-time translated short stories by five renowned Chinese women writers is valuable reading for anyone in the field of literature because the volume unexpectedly opens up a conceptual avenue for raising important questions about modern Chinese Studies and its disciplinary practices. One short story by each writer has been selected for fhe collection, and each is followed by a critical essay intended to elucidate the literary value of fhe writer's work and her specific contribution to shaping a Chinese literature produced in a foreign country. To my knowledge, Nativism Overseas is the first volume in English that attempts to deal with Alis topic in a systematic manner. Regardless of its origin, fhe term "nativism" immediately resonates with the popular xiangtu wenxue (native-soil literature) movement in Taiwan. But while the indebtedness of an "overseas" version to such an indigenous literary development remains as arguable as the usefulness of fhe term itself, to trace a certain geo-aesfhetic affinity here is not far-fetched. All five "overseas" women writers in the collection publish their
Journal
China Review International – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Mar 30, 1994