Maternal neonaticide, shame and social melancholy in Hsu-Ming Teo's Love and Vertigo

Most critics read Love and Vertigo (2000) by Chinese-Australian writer Hsu-Ming Teo as a novel about diaspora and migrancy. However, the recurrent trope of maternal neonaticide has been critically neglected considering Teo’s portrayal of the predicaments of two generations of mothers who either disp...

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Main Authors: Zhou, Qiaoqiao, Omar, Noritah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109574/1/109574.pdf