Conjugal Relationships in Chinese Culture: Sino-Western Discourses and Aesthetics on Marriage

Author:   Chi Sum Garfield Lau ,  Kelly Kar Yue Chan
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Volume:   7
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9789811998409


Pages:   179
Publication Date:   17 April 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Chi Sum Garfield Lau ,  Kelly Kar Yue Chan
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Volume:   7
Weight:   0.471kg
ISBN:  

9789811998409


ISBN 10:   981199840
Pages:   179
Publication Date:   17 April 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Part I: Revolutionary Alternatives of Conjugal Relationships in Chinese Culture   Chapter 1: Divorce and Remarriage as Revealed in Cantonese Opera: The Phoenix Hairpin and The Return of Lady Wenji Chan, Kar Yue Kelly (PhD) Associate Professor, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong SAR. kkychan@hkmu.edu.hk   Chapter 2: A Preliminary Note on the Ancient Sages’ “Unmarried” Mothers and the Acceleration of Virtuous Power Chik, Hin Ming Frankie PhD Candidate in East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Arizona State University, USA. frankiechik@gmail.com   Chapter 3: Creating Romance or Divorce: Marriage Reform in Early 20th Century Chinese Print Media Mao, Peijie (PhD) Associate Professor of Chinese, ShanghaiTech University, China pegmao@icloud.com   Chapter 4: ‘Free Love’ and ‘Free Marriage’: An American Female Missionary’s Prescription and Chinese Writers’ Imagination in the Late 1920s Wong, Tin Kei (PhD) Lecturer, Department of Asian Studies, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, The University of Adelaide, Australia. tinkei.wong@adelaide.edu.au     Chapter 5: Marriage in Migration and Homecoming: Joseph Conrad’s “Amy Foster” and Ha Jin’s “The Woman from New York” Lau, Chi Sum Garfield (PhD) Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong SAR. cslau@hkmu.edu.hk     Part II: Reassessment of Contemporary Nuptial Discourse in Various Forms   Chapter 6: Linguacultural Representation of the Cultural Self and Other in Chinese Women’s Discourse on Transnational Remarriage Lee, Enid (PhD) Professor, Dept. of British & American Language & Culture Okinawa International University, Japan. e.lee@okiu.ac.jp   Chapter 7: A Visual Interpretation of Eastern and Western Relationships on Wedding Invitation Cards Ho, Amic G. (PhD) Assistant Professor, Department of Creative Arts, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong SAR. amicgho@hkmu.edu.hk   Chapter 8: Norwegian Fortune-Teller Henning Hai Lee Yang’s I Ching: Emphasis on Marriage during the Surge in Norwegian Divorces and Cohabitation Blix, Bjoern Aage C. PhD Candidate, Department of Chinese and History, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. blix1990@hotmail.com   Chapter 9: Happily Ever After? Rethinking Marriage in Contemporary Hong Kong Wan, Shun Yu Nicola Ulaan PhD Candidate, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. nicoyu@live.hk

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Lau, Chi Sum Garfield obtained her Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from Hong Kong Baptist University. She is Assistant Professor in Hong Kong Metropolitan University. She is responsible for courses in English Language and Literature at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her areas of interest include modernism, psychoanalytic criticism, and comparative studies.   Chan, Kar Yue Kelly completed her undergraduate degree and her master's degree both in the discipline of Translation and Interpretation at the City University of Hong Kong. She then finished her Ph.D. in Classical Chinese Literature at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She is currently Associate Professor in language and translation at Hong Kong Metropolitan University, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses on culture and translation, and literary translation. Her research interests include literary translation, women's studies in classical Chinese society, classical Chinese literature (poetry), and translation of Cantonese opera.

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