Crossing Oceans: Reconfiguring American Literary Studies in the Pacific Rim

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Crossing Oceans Reconfiguring American Literary Studies in the Pacific Rim Edited by Noelle Brada-Williams and Karen Chow * s £ * * * K & *t HONG KON G UNIVERSIT Y PRES S Hong Kon g Universit y Pres s 14/F HingWa i Centr e 7 Tin Wan Praya Roa d Aberdeen Hong Kon g© Hon g Kon g University Pres s 200 4 ISBN 96 2 209 64 0 9 (Hardback ) ISBN 96 2 209 69 1 3 (Paperback ) All rights reserved . No portio n o f this publication ma y be reproduce d or transmitte d i n any form o r by any means, electronic o r mechanical, includin g photocopy, recording, or any information storag e o r retrieval system, without permission i n writing from th e publisher . Secure On-lin e Orderin g http: / /www. hkupress. org British Librar y Cataloguing-in-Publicatio n Dat a A catalogu e recor d fo r thi s book i s available from th e British Librar y Printed an d bound b y Condor Productio n Co . Ltd., in Hong Kong , Chin a Hong Kong University Press is honoured that Xu Bing, whose art explores the comple x theme s o f languag e acros s cultures , ha s writte n th e Press' s name i n hi s Squar e Wor d Calligraphy . Thi s signal s ou r commitmen t to cross-cultural thinking and the distinctive nature of our English-language books publishe d i n China . "At firs t glance , Squar e Wor d Calligraph y appear s t o b e nothin g mor e unusual tha n Chines e characters , bu t i n fact i t is a new wa y o f renderin g English word s i n th e forma t o f a squar e s o the y resembl e Chines e characters. Chines e viewer s expec t t o b e abl e t o rea d Squar e Wor d Calligraphy bu t cannot . Wester n viewers , howeve r ar e surprise d t o fin d they ca n read it. Delight erupt s when meanin g is unexpectedly revealed. " — Britt a Erickson, The Art ofXu Bing ...