Abstract
Malaysian Crossings: Place and Language in the Worlding of Modern Chinese Literature. By Cheow Thia Chan. New York: Columbia University Press, 2023. 298 pp.
Malaysian Crossings by Cheow Thia Chan is a critical addition to the growing body of scholarship in Sinophone studies focusing on Mahua literature. Chan offers a nuanced critique to challenge the field’s prevailing perspectives articulated from academic contexts beyond Mahua/Malaysia, advocating for the acknowledgement of the oft-overlooked “lineage of local self-understandings” (p. 18).
Malaysian Crossings by Cheow Thia Chan is a critical addition to the growing body of scholarship in Sinophone studies focusing on Mahua literature. Chan offers a nuanced critique to challenge the field’s prevailing perspectives articulated from academic contexts beyond Mahua/Malaysia, advocating for the acknowledgement of the oft-overlooked “lineage of local self-understandings” (p. 18).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 178-181 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 40 |
| No. | 1 |
| Specialist publication | Sojourn |
| Publisher | ISEAS Publishing |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2025 |