Beyond Silence
Chinese-Canadian Literature in English
- Publisher
- Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1997
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780920661697
- Publish Date
- Jan 1997
- List Price
- $22.95
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Description
From unappreciated railway workers facing institutional racism and neglect in the last century to national cultural figures of the present, the Chinese, like other coloured peoples of Canada, have made great inroads into the mainstream, which in turn has adjusted its self-image to accommodate diversity.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Lien Chao came to Canada in 1984 to pursue her graduate studies. She is the author of Beyond Silence: Chinese Canadian Literature in English (1997), winner of the Gabrielle Roy Prize for Canadian Criticism. Her publications also include Tiger Girl: Hu Nü (2001), a creative memoir about growing up in Mao's China; Strike the Wok: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Canadian Fiction (2003), Ed. with Jim-Wong Chu; The Chinese Knot and other Stories (2008); and three collections of bilingual poetry, Maples and the Stream (1999), More Than Skin Deep (2004), and Salt in My Life (2019).
As an inter-art artist, Lien Chao enjoys collaborating with artists of different disciplines in joint projects. She has also published several bilingual art books on Chinese Brush Painting. She strongly believes in cultural sharing via interactions among Canadians of different racial, cultural and spiritual backgrounds.
Editorial Reviews
"...an important milestone in the evolution of Canadian literary studies" --Arun Mukherjee, York University
Other titles by Lien Chao
Spiritual Pursuits and Other Stories
Salt in My Life
Peng Ma
Abstract Ink Painting
Wang Dehui
Oil and Chinese Brush Paintings
Chinese Knot, The
and other stories
More Than Skin Deep
Poetry in English and Chinese
Strike the Wok
New Chinese Canadian Anthology, A
Tiger Girl (Hu Nu)
A Creative Memoir
Maples and the Stream
A Narrative Poem