The seductions of homecoming : Place, authenticity, and Chen Kaige's Temptress Moon
                        
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doi:10.4324/9780203634257-12

ABSTRACT

That sentiment accompanying the absence of home – homesickness – can cut two ways: it can be a yearning for the authentic home (situated in the past or in the future) or it can be the recognition of the inauthenticity of all homes.