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Reviews 193 work fittingly finds its place among the other titles in the excellent Asian American History and Culture series, edited by Cathy Schlund-Vials, Shelley Sang-Hee Lee, and Rick Bonus. Asian Americanists frustrated by critiques that are unnecessarily bound by national borders will breathe a sigh of relief reading this. Chu’s work highlights how the “memory-driven trope, the narrative of return,” offers a way “to expand Asian American subjectivities and histories beyond the borders of the United States” (p. 11). Indeed, Chu strongly asserts: “Asian American studies is enriched, rather than misdirected, when scholars attend to authors with differing class origins, study cultural hybridity and racially mixed families, and consider Chinese-U.S. narratives in dialogue with Chinese-Canadian stories and global or diasporic Chinese stories” (p. 216). As for usability in a classroom, chapter 1, “Narratives of Return: A Transpacific Tradition,” could easily be excerpted and taught in any level of college literature courses. Chu’s generous and clear definitions of key terms as well as her reference to multiple texts from authors of various backgrounds (including Korean, Indian, Vietnamese, Sri Lankan, and Filipino) lends itself to research projects and practice in theoretical application. Finally, Chu suggests that her work could be
China Review International – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Aug 15, 2019
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