Writing in London

Home and Languaging in the Work of London Poets of Chinese Descent

Bibliographic Data

ID5828766
AuthorsCosima Bruno (University of London, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume14
Issue1
Pages37-55
Publication date2016-07-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLife Writing (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1448-4528 • E-ISSN: 1751-2964
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14484528.2016.1204259
OpenAlexW2475124764
LanguageEN
References cited19

This essay discusses literary works produced in London by poets of Chinese descent who are foreign-born or London native. Some of these works are written in English, and some in Chinese. The aim is to discuss poetry that has emphatically or reluctantly embraced the identity narrative, talking of home and belonging in substantially different ways from each other, according to each poet's individual relationship with movement, migration, and stability. Therefore, through the use of the phrase 'London poets of Chinese descent', I do not aim at tracing a shared sense of identity, but instead I am interested in using London as a method for an oblique reading that recognises the variety of angles and approaches in these poets' individual experience, history and circumstances that can range from occasional travel to political exile

Phrase · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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