Mapping identity and place in Yongping Li's The End of the River
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2179725 |
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| Authors | Xiaoling Yao (0000-0002-8529-0013) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 260-273 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Postcolonial Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9855 • E-ISSN: 1744-9863 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449855.2023.2283516 |
| OpenAlex | W4389975851 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
This article offers to postcolonial literary studies a case study of Borneo grappling with its colonial legacy and cultural identity by exploring the dynamic interplay between place and identity in Yongping Li's two-volume novel, Da He Jin Tou (The End of the River). Using a theoretical framework rooted in postcolonial geo-humanities, including the concept of place in postcolonialism, Yi-Fu Tuan's notion of "topophilia", and Robert Tally's literary cartography, the article argues that Li's mapping of Borneo as a dynamic interactive space offers entry into a process of affective identification that transcends national borders and ethnicity. To achieve this, the article first contextualizes Li's Borneo writing within a postcolonial spatial framework, and then proceeds to analyse the novel, highlighting a meeting between Tuan's humanistic geography as related to place and affective bond, and Tally's literary mapping of spatiality to demonstrate Li's identification with the textured and affectively charged Borneo
Aesthetics · Art · Cover (algebra · Cover story · Geography · Identity (music · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Engineering · Japanese History and Culture · Geology · Oceanography
| Highly cited | No |
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