Becoming a Global Subject: Language and the Body in Xiaolu Guo's A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers

This article examines the relationship between language and the body in the construction of global subjectivity in Xiaolu Guo's novel, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (2007), a first-person narrative about a young Chinese woman, Z, who spends a year in London learning the Englis...

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Main Author: Angelia Poon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bath Spa University 2013-11-01
Series:Transnational Literature
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Online Access:http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/bitstream/2328/27128/1/bitstream