Based on a December 2008 symposium held at Hong Kong University, this collection examines the media used by diasporic Chinese to express their sense of the ambiguity and fluidity of the multicultural experience. The contributors explore the textuality of literary-cultural productions from the new perspectives opened up by the theorizing of a rising China as a nation, and engage with the rearticulation of diasporic Chinesesness at a moment when new technologies are liberalizing speech within diasporic communities. Two of the 11 papers were previously published in Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese and Journal of Transatlantic American Studies US distribution is by U. of Washington Press. Canadian distribution is by U. of Toronto Press. Annotation ©2014 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)