CHINESE MIGRANTS AND THE “INUNDATION” METAPHOR

Gregory Lee (1)

1 IETT - Institut d'Etudes Transtextuelles et Transculturelles

Metaphors used to disparage and ultimately result in
exclusion of Chinese immigrants in the USA in the 19th and 20th centuries. The conclusion attempts to bring up to date the history and theorization of this phenomenon and to illustrate its contemporary global spread.

Keywords: metaphors; exclusion; Chinese; immigrants

Domains: Literature; History; Social Anthropology and ethnology

Gregory Lee. CHINESE MIGRANTS AND THE “INUNDATION” METAPHOR: Risk, Representation, Repression: Constructing and Manipulating Fear of the Chinese Other. EastAsiaNet Workshop
"Framing Risk: Hazard Perceptions as a Crucial Factor in Imagining East Asia", Jun 2007, LUND, Sweden. ⟨halshs-00188544⟩