{"product_id":"transpacific-cartographies-melody-yunzi-li-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melody Yunzi Li\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978829337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978829336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.28d","brand":"Melody Yunzi Li","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616556773631,"sku":"9781978829336","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c348331-4b43-4635-b0dd-19576d5800db.jpg?v=1703020994","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transpacific-cartographies-melody-yunzi-li-9781978829336","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}