Memory and Identity in Contemporary Chinese-Australian Novels

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(Professor Nicole Moore, UNSW Canberra)

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(Professor Wenche Ommundsen, University of Wollongong)

Inspired by the <> in global literature, this book explores the significance of transnational memory and identity in Chinese-Australian literature by closely examining representations of these two concepts in selected texts. By attending to diverse forms of memory such as collective memory, individual memory, cosmopolitan memory and transgenerational memory, this book offers unique observations on how different types of memory exert influence on the formation of identity in Chinese diasporic writings and tackles the complexity of reading literary texts in light of theories of memory, sociological studies and psychological analysis.