All Outputs (5)

Power and Ambiguity: Strong Women on Jinjiang Literature City (2003-2018) (2023)
Thesis
Wan, F. Power and Ambiguity: Strong Women on Jinjiang Literature City (2003-2018). (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The thesis aims to investigate how the internet has permeated manifestations of young urban women’s sociality and creativity in mainland China over the past two decades, by exploring the “Strong Women Narrative”, one of the most popular and represent... Read More about Power and Ambiguity: Strong Women on Jinjiang Literature City (2003-2018).

Semiotics of Allegory: Queerness in Contemporary Taiwan and Hong Kong Novel and Cinema (2022)
Thesis
Yeung, S. Y. Semiotics of Allegory: Queerness in Contemporary Taiwan and Hong Kong Novel and Cinema. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This project offers the framework of “semiotics of allegory” as an alternative to Fredric Jameson’s national allegory for studying non-Western cultural products by emphasising their plural meanings of signs and the importance of situating their readi... Read More about Semiotics of Allegory: Queerness in Contemporary Taiwan and Hong Kong Novel and Cinema.

Risk, Failure, and Liquid Modernity: Ecocriticism in Chinese Science Fiction (2022)
Thesis
Ma, M. C. Risk, Failure, and Liquid Modernity: Ecocriticism in Chinese Science Fiction. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

A study of 80-hou writers: Youth narrative, multimodality, and subjectivity in 21st-century Chinese youth literature (2022)
Thesis
Gamberini, F. A study of 80-hou writers: Youth narrative, multimodality, and subjectivity in 21st-century Chinese youth literature. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Common critiques surrounding the balinghou cultural phenomenon often qualify their literary work as bestsellers lacking any appreciable literary or social value. The incredible commercial success of their fiction combined with the idol-like personali... Read More about A study of 80-hou writers: Youth narrative, multimodality, and subjectivity in 21st-century Chinese youth literature.

Archaism as Cultural Distinction: Woodblock book publishing during the Mao Era 1949-1976 (2018)
Thesis
Yang, Y. Archaism as Cultural Distinction: Woodblock book publishing during the Mao Era 1949-1976. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This PhD thesis examines woodblock book publishing during the radical years of Mao’s life time, when thread-bound books were criticised as representing the symbol of the old literati culture by the CCP government. This very political authority parado... Read More about Archaism as Cultural Distinction: Woodblock book publishing during the Mao Era 1949-1976.