In various ways, Chinese diasporic communities seek to connect and re-connect with their ¿homelands¿ in literature, film, and visual culture. The essays in Affective Geographies and Narratives of Chinese Diaspora examine how diasporic bodies and emotions interact with space and place, as well as how theories of affect change our thinking of diaspora. Questions of borders and border- crossing, not to mention the public and private spheres, in diaspora literature and film raise further questions about mapping and spatial representation and the affective and geographical significance of the push- and-pull movement in diasporic communities. The unique experience is represented differently by different authors across texts and