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A Floating Chinaman
Fantasy and Failure Across the Pacific
Book • 2023
A Floating Chinaman delves into the interwar period when American perceptions of China shifted from disdain to fascination.
It focuses on writers who competed to be seen as America's leading China experts, highlighting the marginalization of figures like H. T. Tsiang, a Chinese immigrant writer.
The book explores the complexities of transpacific relations and the challenges faced by Asian-American writers in the early 20th century.
It focuses on writers who competed to be seen as America's leading China experts, highlighting the marginalization of figures like H. T. Tsiang, a Chinese immigrant writer.
The book explores the complexities of transpacific relations and the challenges faced by Asian-American writers in the early 20th century.
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Mentioned by Rebecca Kuang as a recent read that explores the trans-Pacific imagination and questions of expertise on China.
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Rebecca F. Kuang on National Literatures, Book Publishing, and History in Fiction
