Gender in Cross-Cultural Encounters: Orientalism and Self-Orientalisation in Chinese-Language Young Adult Fiction.

In this article, we read and analyse selected young adult novels by Chinese-German author Wei Cheng that address the dilemmas faced by young female Chinese immigrants in Western countries. The aim is to explore the ways in which the construction of femininity and gender are inextricably bound up wit...

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Published in:	Children's Literature in Education Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 238 - 256
Main Authors:	Shen, Lisa Chu, Chen, Xianghong
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Jun2025
Subjects:	Orientalism Immigrants Wei Cheng Postcolonialism Masculinity Power (Social sciences)
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