"Asian Canadian Writing Beyond Autoethnography" explores some of
the latest developments in the literary and cultural practices of
Canadians of Asian heritage. While earlier work by ethnic,
multicultural, or minority writers in Canada was often concerned
with immigration, the moment of arrival, issues of assimilation,
and conflicts between generations, literary and cultural production
in the new millennium no longer focuses solely on the conflict
between the Old World and the New or the clashes between culture of
origin and adopted culture. No longer are minority authors
identifying simply with their ethnic or racial cultural background
in opposition to dominant culture.
The essays in this collection explore ways in which Asian
Canadian authors (such as Larissa Lai, Shani Mootoo, Fred Wah,
Hiromi Goto, Suniti Namjoshi, and Ying Chen) and artists (such as
Ken Lum, Paul Wong, and Laiwan) have gone beyond what Francoise
Lionnet calls autoethnography, or ethnographic autobiography. They
demonstrate the ways representations of race and ethnicity,
particularly in works by Asian Canadians in the last decade, have
changedhave become more playful, untraditional, aesthetically and
ideologically transgressive, and exciting.
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