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id	eprints-22627
recordtype	eprints
institution	SOAS, University of London
collection	SOAS Research Online
language	English
language_search	English
description	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.
format	Journal Article
author	Bruno, Cosima
author_facet	Bruno, Cosima
authorStr	Bruno, Cosima
author_letter	Bruno, Cosima
title	Writing in London. Home and Languaging in the Work of London Poets of Chinese Descent
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2017
url	https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/22627/