“The Chanel of babies”: Subversion and self-exotification in Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan’s Sarong Party Girls
The Journal of Commonwealth Literature
Published online on February 14, 2026
Abstract
Literature, Critique, and Empire Today, Volume 61, Issue 1, Page 170-184, March 2026.
Riding on the blockbuster success of Kevin Kwan’sCrazy Rich Asianstrilogy, there has been renewed interest in Singapore as a setting in genre fiction.Sarong Party Girlsby Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan is one such novel. Billed as “Emmaset in Modern Asia”, the ...
Riding on the blockbuster success of Kevin Kwan’sCrazy Rich Asianstrilogy, there has been renewed interest in Singapore as a setting in genre fiction.Sarong Party Girlsby Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan is one such novel. Billed as “Emmaset in Modern Asia”, the ...