![]() ![]() ![]() In conclusion, Chang’s book is illuminating about the triangular relationship between the diasporan intellectual, the homeland, and transnational memory space at the time of writing and publishing the book. Secondly, it is retrospective memory, mediated by the author’s anglicized perspective. First of all, it showcases essentialized national culture and history and managing trauma as symptoms of cultural deficiency. ![]() This paper argues that the book is a bicultural product, involving constant negotiation between the site of experience and the place of writing. However, such a perception leaves out narrative politics and simplifies the multilayered process of writing in the diaspora. The way that academic and non-academic circles in the West readily embrace it betrays an unqualified equation of the book to a reliable source of knowledge regarding Chinese culture and history. Hei Niu jumped up, his swarthy face flushed with excitement. Jung Chang’s Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China achieved spectacular success and received worldwide critical acclaim. Huang Mao knew how many brushes the woman in front of him had. ![]()
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