BIBFRAME Work

Title

Eileen Chang

Type

  • Monograph
  • Text

Contribution

Subject

  • Self-translation (LCSH)
  • Zhang, Ailing--Translations into English--History and criticism (LCSH)

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Summary

"Eileen Chang: The Performativity of Self-Translation by Jessica Tsui-yan Li focuses on the self-translation of Zhang Ailing (Eileen Chang, 1920-1995), one of the most important Chinese writers of the twentieth century. Although self-translation is overlooked in most studies of her work, Chang's literary achievements are attributed in part to her lifelong self-translation of her lived experiences and family sagas, as well as her bilingualism. This book enriches current studies of self-translation by proposing a new hypothesis of theorizing self-translation as a performative act, characterized by its in-betweenness and the aesthetic freedom that the self-translator enjoys, contextualized within larger debates about translation and the specific practice of self-translation in Chinese history in comparison to its Western counterpart"-- Provided by publisher.

Authorized Access Point

Li, Jessica Tsui-yan, 1975-. Eileen Chang

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  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:13:13.127598+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 24148035

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  • Date: 2026-09-11
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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