Visions of a Nation: Public Monuments in Twentieth-Century Thailand (Bangkok: White Lotus, 2006). Visible to the people on an everyday basis, public monuments are the visual manifestation of how the Thais have imagined and re-imagined their nation-state in the last century. Thailand was the only country in Southeast Asia to retain its political independence during the age of colonialism, and hence, the only nation to use public art in...
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From national allegory to global commodity: The cinematic images of Gong Li In Philipp Gates and Lisa Funnell (Eds.), Transnational Asian Identities in Pan-Pacific Cinemas: The Reel Exchange (pp.147-160). New York: Routledge, 2012. One of the prevalent images of the New Chinese Cinema manifests itself in a woman. Bold and beautiful, strong and sensual, she is trapped in an oppressive world from which she determinedly struggles,...
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Out of Character: From Japanese Prints to Chinese Calligraphy This exhibition explores the semantic, aesthetic, as well as poetic significance of Chinese characters as means of public communication and modes of personal expression. Inspired by the Japanese modernist artist Yoshida Hodaka’s prints at the Flaten Museum, this show features works that interpret and integrate the Chinese characters into both traditional and innovative...
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Modernity, Sexuality, and Colonial Fantasy in Ding Ling’s “Miss Sophia Diary” (1928) Studies on Asia, Series IV 4.2 (2014): 115-144. Since her sensational début in 1928, Ding Ling’s 丁玲 (1904-1986) fictional protagonist Sophia 莎菲 in “Miss Sophia’s Diary” 莎菲女士的日記 [Shafei nüshi de riji] has remained an icon in modern Chinese literature. Being one of the few female intellectuals of the May Fourth generation who revolted against...
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Exploring heritage language anxiety: A study of Chinese heritage language learner Co-author with Yang Xiao. Modern Language Journal 98.2 (2014): 589-611. The rapidly increasing population of heritage students within the recent expansion of Chinese language education leads us to explore anxiety levels specific to Chinese heritage language (CHL) learners. This study examines the anxiety profiles of 87 CHL learners, enrolled in...
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