« The Mental Portfolio of an Eurasian » : Edith Maude Eaton/Sui Sin Far, double héritage ou double dépossession?
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2014
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Edith Maude Eaton / Sui Sin Far littérature sino-américaine littérature américaine d'origine asiatique héritage dépossession filiation littéraire Edith Maude Eaton / Sui Sin Far Chinese American Literature Asian American Literature legacy dispossession literary filiationSujets proches
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Marie-Agnès Gay, « « The Mental Portfolio of an Eurasian » : Edith Maude Eaton/Sui Sin Far, double héritage ou double dépossession? », Revue française d’études américaines, ID : 10670/1.91rq49
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Widely recognized today as the foremother of Chinese American letters, Sui Sin Far testifies in her writings to the irreducible tensions arising from her own bi-racial legacy, and to her complex positioning within the dominant Eurocentric tradition of American literature. Although she saw herself as a “connecting link [between] Occidentals and Orientals,” her texts call into question this optimistic sense of a hyphenated identity. In contrast to the assertive verticality that is associated with the notion of heritage, Edith Maude Eaton/Sui Sin Far’s autobiographical and fictional works define a space of wavering in-betweenness whereby double inheritance ultimately proves to be double dispossession.