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A Postcolonial Woman’s Encounter with Moses and MiriamConfessions of a Chinese-but-Not-Chinese Adoptee

A Postcolonial Woman’s Encounter with Moses and Miriam: Confessions of a Chinese-but-Not-Chinese... [In the Introduction, I suggested that it is not only we, as readers, who determine the interpretation of a story; the text and its characters also play a part by extending its influence over us. Often it is because as flesh-and-blood readers, we empathize with aspects of a certain character whose life, experiences, or personality, or all these, make them “like us.” But while we may all be prewired to have empathy toward another, each person’s or reader’s empathic consciousness is also self-specific, determined by her or his personal disposition, historical circumstances, and life experiences. As Susan Suleiman notes, “one is the child not only of one’s parents. History too nourishes us or deprives us of nourishment.”1 It is pertinent, therefore, to first set out my personal life story.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Postcolonial Woman’s Encounter with Moses and MiriamConfessions of a Chinese-but-Not-Chinese Adoptee

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Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2015
ISBN
978-1-349-55261-0
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7 –36
DOI
10.1057/9781137543929_2
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Abstract

[In the Introduction, I suggested that it is not only we, as readers, who determine the interpretation of a story; the text and its characters also play a part by extending its influence over us. Often it is because as flesh-and-blood readers, we empathize with aspects of a certain character whose life, experiences, or personality, or all these, make them “like us.” But while we may all be prewired to have empathy toward another, each person’s or reader’s empathic consciousness is also self-specific, determined by her or his personal disposition, historical circumstances, and life experiences. As Susan Suleiman notes, “one is the child not only of one’s parents. History too nourishes us or deprives us of nourishment.”1 It is pertinent, therefore, to first set out my personal life story.]

Published: Nov 28, 2015

Keywords: Filial Piety; Birth Parent; Mission School; Biblical Text; Adoptive Mother

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