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The articles discusses the treatment and presentation of China in Jose's novels, on the background of the tradition of imaginative engagement with Asia by other Australian authors. It argues that although Jose subscribes at times both to the myth of Asia's mystery and to cliches of oriental mysticism, his work differs from previous generations of Australian novelists in that the author looks to the possibility of "Sino-Australian symbiosis" as part of a desirable, if utopian, aim. Thus his work testifies to a shift in emphasis in respect of cross-cultural pursuits and the post-colonial stance, possibly subverting the notion of a unitary national identity.
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'Taming Distance' : Cross-Cultural Connections in the Work of Nicholas Jose
The Journal of Commonwealth Literature
Subjects:
- Avenue of Eternal Peace 1989 single work novel
- The Rose Crossing 1994 single work novel
- Chinese Whispers : Cultural Essays 1995 selected work prose
- The Custodians 1997 single work novel
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cChina,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- Asia,
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cAustralia,c
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