'My Father’s Daughter': Filial Dislocation in Shirley Geok-lin Lim’s Poetry
<p class="xparagraph">Drawing on the father figure and the father–daughter dynamic in Shirley Geok-lin Lim’s poetry, this article examines how the motif of filial dislocation underlines ambivalent and complicated emotions and meanings that can be traced back to the poet’s traumatic c...
Main Author: | Grace V. S. Chin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2019-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Transnational American Studies |
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Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/25800390 |
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