Diasporic Poetics: Asian Writing in the United States, Canada, and Australia

by Timothy Yu

This book advances a new concept of the "Asian diaspora" that creates links between Asian American, Asian Canadian, and Asian Australian identities. Drawing from comparable studies of the black diaspora, it traces the histories of colonialism, immigration, and exclusion shared by these three populations. The work of Asian poets in each of these three countries offers a rich terrain for understanding how Asian identities emerge at the intersection...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198867654
• ISBN13: 9780198867654
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.5"