| Titre | « The Mental Portfolio of an Eurasian » : Edith Maude Eaton/Sui Sin Far, double héritage ou double dépossession? | |
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| Auteur | Marie-Agnés Gay | |
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Revue | Revue française d'études américaines |
| Numéro | no 137, 3ème trimestre 2013 Héritage(s) | |
| Page | 65-79 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Widely recognized today as the foremother of Chinese American letters, Sui Sin Far testifies in her writings to the irreducible tensions arising from her own bi-racial legacy, and to her complex positioning within the dominant Eurocentric tradition of American literature. Although she saw herself as a “connecting link [between] Occidentals and Orientals,” her texts call into question this optimistic sense of a hyphenated identity. In contrast to the assertive verticality that is associated with the notion of heritage, Edith Maude Eaton/Sui Sin Far's autobiographical and fictional works define a space of wavering in-betweenness whereby double inheritance ultimately proves to be double dispossession. Source : Éditeur (via Cairn.info) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=RFEA_137_0065 |
