San Mao and the known world

'San Mao' was one of the most popular writers of the 1970s and 1980s in the Chinese-speaking world. This study deals with some of San Mao's best-loved stories, namely the tales set in the Sahara Desert and in Europe. It examines San Mao's portrayals of foreign countries and foreign people, and of herself in interaction with them. It endeavours to demonstrate the function of San Mao as an exemplary self for readers, and to situate the San Mao persona in relation to the world she created in her texts

The Warrior Women of Transnational Cinema: Gender and Race in Hollywood and Hong Kong Action Movies

In The Warrior Women of Transnational Cinema, I consider the significance of transnational Asian action women in the post-1997 Hong Kong cinema; more specifically, I explore how Pan-Asian (e.g. Michelle Yeoh, Pei Pei Cheng, Ziyi Zhang), Asian American (Lucy Liu, Maggie Q, Marsha Yuen), and Asian Canadian (e.g. Francoise Yip, Charlene Choi, Kristy Yang) warrior women function as a source of transnational female identity for local, Pan-Asian (i.e. East and Southeast Asian), and diasporic Asian audiences. I argue that the post-1997 Hong Kong cinema—and not Hollywood—has offered space for the development of Pan-Asian and Asian North American screen identities which challenge the racial stereotypes historically associated with the Asian female body in the West. In the new millennium, Hollywood has redefined its representation of transnational Asian action women by incorporating Hong Kong choreographers, action aesthetics, and/or female stars into its blockbusters. In these films, however, the representation of Pan-Asian and Asian North American action women caters to the tastes of American/Western audiences and relates American/Western ideals of gender, race, and heroism. Furthermore, I argue that Hollywood’s recent investment in Hong Kong and/or Mainland Chinese co-productions reflects America’s attempt to tap into the burgeoning Asian film market and wield significant political, economic, and social power particularly in Mainland China

China's old dwellings

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Massachusetts Domestic and Foreign Corporations Subject to an Excise: For the Use of Assessors (2004)

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