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Toward the North : stories by Chinese Canadian writers

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  • Publisher:
    Inanna Publications, 2018
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Certified Accessible By: National Network for Equitable Library Service
    Running Time: 11:51 hrs
    Narrator: Lisa Yang
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2022
    Note: This book was recorded thanks to support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Date:
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    2018
    Summary:

    Toward the North is the first anthology of thirteen short fiction pieces written and translated by Chinese-Canadian writers during the last two decades, each of which depicts the contemporary lives of new Chinese immigrants to Canada, and illustrates newcomers' perspectives of multicultural Canada. The theme of the anthology is Chinese transnational and cross-cultural life experience. A fundamental concern shared by most of the authors is to redefine their characters' cultural identity in their acculturation across times and space. In these stories, the exploration of the relationship between Chinese immigrants and Canadians extends beyond "yellow"/"white" binary model, revealing interactions between the Chinese and other ethnic communities. Struggles between cultural assimilation and resistance are vividly and captivatedly portrayed. The authors' approaches to their characters' life experience of culture's in-between displays an intriguing diversity both in content and in styles.

    Original Publisher: Toronto, Inanna Publications
    Language(s): English