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Author Jin, Wen, 1977-

Title Pluralist universalism : an Asian Americanist critique of U.S. and Chinese multiculturalisms / Wen Jin
Published Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 224 pages)
Contents Bridging the chasm : a survey of U.S. and Chinese multiculturalisms -- How not to be an empire : on conciliatory multiculturalism -- Toward a comparative critique : metaphor and dissenting nationalism in Alex Kuo -- A new politics of faith : Zhang Chengzhi's 'Xinling shi' and Rabih Alameddine's 'Koolaids: the art of war' -- Impersonal intimacy : Yan Geling's 'Fusang' and its English translation
Summary "Pluralist Universalism ... by Wen Jin, is an extended comparison of U.S. and Chinese multiculturalisms during the post-Cold War era. Her book situates itself at the intersection of Asian American literary critique and the growing field of comparative multiculturalism. Through readings of fictional narratives that address the issue of racial and ethnic difference in both national contexts simultaneously, the author models a "double critique" framework for U.S.-Chinese comparative literary studies. The book approaches U.S. liberal multiculturalism and China's ethnic policy as two competing multiculturalisms, one grounded primarily in a history of racial desegregation and the other in the legacies of a socialist revolution. Since the end of the Cold War, the two multiculturalisms have increasingly been brought into contact through translation and other forms of mediation. Pluralist Universalism demonstrates that a number of fictional narratives, including those commonly classified as Chinese, American, and Chinese American, have illuminated incongruities and connections between the ethno-racial politics of the two nations."
"The "double critique" framework builds upon critical perspectives developed in Asian American studies and adjacent fields. The book brings to life an innovative vision of Asian American literary critique, even as it offers a unique intervention in ideas of ethnicity and race prevailing in both China and the United States in the post-Cold War era"--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Yan, Geling -- Criticism and interpretation
Alameddine, Rabih -- Criticism and interpretation
Zhang, Chengzhi, 1948- -- Criticism and interpretation
Kuo, Alexander -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Yan, Geling -- Criticism and interpretation
Alameddine, Rabih -- Criticism and interpretation
Zhang, Chengzhi, 1948- -- Criticism and interpretation
Kuo, Alexander -- Criticism and interpretation
Yan, Geling fast
Zhang, Chengzhi, 1948- fast
Subject Multiculturalism -- United States
Multiculturalism -- China
Cultural pluralism -- United States
Cultural pluralism -- China
Ethnic relations in literature.
Cultural pluralism in literature.
Multiculturalism in literature.
Comparative literature -- American and Chinese
Comparative literature -- Chinese and American
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Cultural pluralism
Cultural pluralism in literature
Ethnic relations
Ethnic relations in literature
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism in literature
SUBJECT United States -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140043
China -- Ethnic relations
Subject China
United States
Genre/Form Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011044160
ISBN 9780814270523
0814270522
0814292887
9780814292884