This book explores the role of literary fantasy in contemporary women's diasporic narratives to unsettle hegemonic notions of home and to construct their identity. Fantasy in their works plays a subversive function of bringing the unseen culture and unheard voices of the marginalized people.
This book explores the role of literary fantasy in contemporary women's diasporic narratives to unsettle hegemonic notions of home and to construct their identity. Fantasy in their works plays a subversive function of bringing the unseen culture and unheard voices of the marginalized people.
Introduction Chapter One: The Articulation of Silences: Empowering Ghosts and Rewriting Myths in Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior Chapter Two: Homing Desire and the Use of Cinderella Tales in Adeline Yen Mah's Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots Chapter Three: Fantasizing the Mother-Daughter Relationship, Cannibalism and Posthumous Narratives in Ying Chen's Ingratitude Chapter Four: Crossing Boundaries: the Reconstruction of Queering History and Folktales in Larissa Lai's When Fox is a Thousand Conclusion
Introduction Chapter One: The Articulation of Silences: Empowering Ghosts and Rewriting Myths in Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior Chapter Two: Homing Desire and the Use of Cinderella Tales in Adeline Yen Mah's Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots Chapter Three: Fantasizing the Mother-Daughter Relationship, Cannibalism and Posthumous Narratives in Ying Chen's Ingratitude Chapter Four: Crossing Boundaries: the Reconstruction of Queering History and Folktales in Larissa Lai's When Fox is a Thousand Conclusion
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