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  1. Searching for Mr. Chin
    constructions of nation and the Chinese in West Indian literature
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Temple University Press, Philadelphia

    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781439901304
    Subjects: West Indian fiction (English) / 20th century / History and criticism; Chinese in literature; West Indian fiction (English) / Chinese influences; National characteristics in literature; Literatur; Chinesen <Motiv>
    Scope: XI, 183 S.
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    A book in the American Literatures Initiative

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Forgotten remembrance: literature and the banal performance of nation -- "Just another Chinaman": the Chinese as outsiders to the nation -- "A real Creolise Chinee": establishing Creole inclusiveness -- From the other side of the counter: Chinese West Indians' self-representation

  2. Searching for Mr. Chin
    constructions of nation and the Chinese in West Indian literature
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Temple University Press, Philadelphia

    Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Bibliothek
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781439901304
    Subjects: West Indian fiction (English); Chinese in literature; West Indian fiction (English); National characteristics in literature
    Scope: xi, 183 p, 23 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-176) and index

    Forgotten remembrance: literature and the banal performance of nation -- Just another Chinaman: the Chinese as outsiders to the nation -- A real Creolise Chinee: establishing Creole inclusiveness -- From the other side of the counter: Chinese west -- Indians' self-representation.

  3. Searching for Mr. Chin
    constructions of nation and the Chinese in West Indian literature
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Temple University Press, Philadelphia

    Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Bibliothek
    A 11 / 5588
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    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
    2010 A 19243
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781439901304
    Subjects: West Indian fiction (English); Chinese in literature; West Indian fiction (English); National characteristics in literature
    Scope: xi, 183 p, 23 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-176) and index

    Forgotten remembrance: literature and the banal performance of nation -- Just another Chinaman: the Chinese as outsiders to the nation -- A real Creolise Chinee: establishing Creole inclusiveness -- From the other side of the counter: Chinese west -- Indians' self-representation.

  4. Searching for Mr. Chin
    constructions of nation and the Chinese in West Indian literature
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Temple University Press, Philadelphia

    What do twentieth-century fictional images of the Chinese reveal about the construction of nationhood in the former West Indian colonies? In her groundbreaking interdisciplinary work, Searching for Mr. Chin, Anne-Marie Lee-Loy seeks to map and... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    What do twentieth-century fictional images of the Chinese reveal about the construction of nationhood in the former West Indian colonies? In her groundbreaking interdisciplinary work, Searching for Mr. Chin, Anne-Marie Lee-Loy seeks to map and understand a cultural process of identity formation: “Chineseness” in the West Indies.Reading behind the stereotypical image of the Chinese in the West Indies, she compares fictional representations of Chinese characters in Jamaica, Trinidad, and Guyana to reveal the social and racial hierarchies present in literature by popular authors such

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781439901304
    Subjects: National characteristics in literature; West Indian fiction (English); Chinese in literature; West Indian fiction (English)
    Scope: Online-Ressource (xi, 183 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Forgotten Remembrance: Literature and the Banal Performance of Nation; 2. "Just Another Chinaman": The Chinese as Outsiders to the Nation; 3. "A Real Creolise Chinee": Establishing Creole Inclusiveness; 4. From the Other Side of the Counter: Chinese West Indian Self-Representations; Conclusion; Notes; Index