Abstract
This introduction situates the collection “Franco-Chinese Convergences: The Value of Transcultural Creativity” in relation to existing secondary literature and broader debates within Transcultural Studies. It explores the evolution of international public opinion towards China as the backdrop for the creative practices produced by francophone Chinese writers, artists and other creative practitioners over the last twenty years. It also discusses the development of the field of research in the same period, involving new approaches based in the Medical Humanities, Food Studies, zoopoetics, ecocriticism, visual arts, intermedial studies and literary criticism through a presentation of the three sections of the collection. While the first revolves around the question of the plurality of the artists’ positions, which goes beyond the binary relationship between France and China, the second section reflects on cultural production as a transformative act putting the inner world of the migrant into a meaningful relationship with the outside world, whether human or non-human. Finally, the third section observes and evaluates the increasingly important role of the visual arts within franco-Chinese artistic production.
Translated title of the contribution | Introduction to "Franco-Chinese convergences: the value of transcultural creativity" |
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Original language | French |
Article number | 3 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-11 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Modern Languages Open |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Jun 2024 |