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Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Chapter One Constructing the “West”: Binarism and Complexity in $% &  *+ Chapter Two Imagining Authenticity: Literature and Civilization in $% /  ;? @$% D>G>  <; Chapter Four Occidentalism: Contrast and Critique in the Returnee Stories 133 Chapter Five    J= @ Q *+ Conclusions 219 Notes 235 Bibliography 251 Index 263 ...

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