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題名:Absent Presence: The Absent Father and Postmemory in Tash Aw's The Harmony Silk Factory
書刊名:文山評論:文學與文化
作者:hsiung, ting-hui 引用關係
出版日期:2017
卷期:11:1
頁次:頁33-56
主題關鍵詞:Japanese Occupation of MalayaTash AwThe Harmony Silk FactoryAbsent fatherMalayan CommunistPostmemory
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Tash Aw's The Harmony Silk Factory (2005) is a novel of war memories, dealing with the Japanese Occupation of Malaya and its aftermath. Longlisted for the Man Booker prize, this novel comprises three inconsistent narratives about the mysterious past of Johnny Lim, an ex-Malayan communist and later a Chinese tycoon in Kampar, Malaysia. The article suggests that the characterization of Johnny as a Malayan Communist and absent father can be read as an allegory of the repressed memory of the Malayan communists, who cooperated with the British to resist the Japanese invasion but ended up being "betrayed" by the British government and later by the Malaysian government. Belonging to the "postmemory" generation, Johnny's son Jasper learns about the Japanese Occupation through archival resources. His accusation against Johnny demonstrates how the historical event is only partially remembered by the one who was not there. This essay also points out that while on the one hand Harmony underscores the discrepancy between history and memory, and shows us how a postgeneration writer imagines and characterizes the Malayan Chinese of the 1940s, on the other hand the novel makes clear the risks Aw faces in attempting to revisit the now-absent past of his homeland. Writing about wartime Malaya outside Malaysia is, for this diasporic Malaysian Anglophone novelist, all about the politics of "post"ness in the senses of both postcolonialism and postmemory
期刊論文
1.Moy, Sook Chin(2011)。Trihedron。Eye Asia,58,72。  new window
2.Newton, Pauline T.(2008)。From Chempaka, the Muslim Tree of Death, to Scarf-Wrapped Banana Plants: Postcolonial Representations of Gardening Images in Tash Aw's The Harmony Silk Factory。Kunapipi,30(1),169-186。  new window
3.Sim, Wai-chew(2011)。History and Narrative: The Use of the Sublime in Tash Aw's Fiction。The Journal of Commonwealth Literature,46(2),293-310。  new window
4.Wang, Gungwu(1970)。Chinese Politics in Malaya。The China Quarterly,43,1-30。  new window
5.Comber, Leon(2010)。'Traitor of all Traitors'--Secret Agent Extraordinaire: Lai Teck, Secretary-General, Communist Party of Malaya (1939-1947)。Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society,83(299),1-25。  new window
6.Gabriel, Sharmani Patricia(2014)。'After the Break': Re-conceptualizing Ethnicity, National Identity and 'Malaysian-Chinese' Identities。Ethnic and Racial Studies,37(7),1211-1224。  new window
7.Ngoi, Guat Peng(2015)。The Historical Discourse on the Malay Communists and Its Limitation。Inter-Asia Cultural Studies,16(1),67-84。  new window
會議論文
1.Chen, Pui Ling(2012)。On contemporary Anglophone Malaysian literature's antihegemony and writing strategy of construction of nation。The Inaugural Biennial Conference on Malaysian Chinese Studies: The Chinese in Malaysia: From Migrants to Citizens,(會議日期: 2012/06/09-2012/06/10)。Kuala Lumpur:Federal Hotel。  new window
圖書
1.Barthes, Roland、Howard, Richard(1981)。Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography。New York:Hill and Wang。  new window
2.Aw, Tash(2006)。The Harmony Silk Factory。London:Harper Perennial。  new window
3.Chin, Peng(2003)。My Side of History。Media Masters。  new window
4.Hirsch, Marianne(2012)。The Generation of Postmemory: Writing and Visual Culture After the Holocaust。Columbia University Press。  new window
5.Hoffman, Eva(2004)。After Such Knowledge: Memory, History, and the Legacy of the Holocaust。New York:Public Affairs。  new window
6.Kennedy, Joseph(1993)。A History of Malaya。Kuala Lumpur:S. Abdul Majeed & Co.。  new window
7.Tay, Eddie(2011)。Colony, Nation, and Globalisation: Not at Home in Singaporean and Malaysian Literature。Hong Kong:Hong Kong UP。  new window
8.Liu, Jian Quan(2004)。The Mountain Still Young: The History of Malayan Communists。Hong Kong:Ming Pao。  new window
9.White, Hayden(1973)。Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe。Johns Hopkins University Press。  new window
10.Said, Edward William(1978)。Orientalism。Routledge and Kegan Paul。  new window
其他
1.Editorial Board of Eslite Station(20120213)。I've been thinking what 'identity' is through novels: Interview with Ou Da Xu, author of Map of the Invisible World 2012/03/27。  new window
2.Godbersen, Anna(20050330)。The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw: Love in the Time of Communism and Colonialism 2013/01/31。  new window
3.Hickling, Alfred(20050326)。Bound in Tropes of Silk: The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw 2012/01/31。  new window
4.Mukerji, Shalini(20121020)。I don't Set Out to Judge 2014/12/12。  new window
5.Mukherjee, Neel(20050226)。The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw 2014/12/09。  new window
6.Nayar, Parvathi(20060127)。Fresh Material, Sharp Prose。  new window
7.Nayar, Parvathi(20060127)。Writing with a Sense of Nostalgia: Talks to Tash Aw。  new window
8.Sethi, Anita(20050311)。Unravelling the Strands of Memory: The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw。  new window
9.Shih, Jian-feng(20130507)。Chinese Malaysians in Shanghai: Life is a Competition。  new window
圖書論文
1.Benjamin, Walter、Zohn, H.(2003)。On the Concept of History。Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Vol. 4: 1938-1940。Belknap Press of Harvard University Press。  new window
2.Lee, Yu-cheng(2006)。Introduction: Tash Aw and his The Harmony Silk Factory。The Harmony Silk Factory。London:Harper Perennial。  new window
3.Tucker, Louise(2006)。Unravelling the Story: Louise Tucker Talks to Tash Aw。The Harmony Silk Factory。London:Harper Perennial。  new window
 
 
 
 
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