by Chloé Pélata edited by Léa Baillargeon Shin-Godzilla (2016), a film directed by Anno Hideaki, is the thirty-first movie out … More
Category: Essays
Essay / Portrayals of Women’s Mental Illness in Korean Literature: Relations to Korean Society and Gendered Expectations for Women
by Abigail Brewer edited by Sasha Staggs Mental health and mental illness have become hot topics in recent years in … More
Essay / The Causes of the Nian Rebellion in Mid-19th Century, Northern China
by Michael Goldberg edited by Jessica Zhang The Nian[1] Rebellion was a mid-19th century peasant uprising in Northern China, characterized … More
Essay / Drudgery & Barbarism: The Interplay of Gender and Labor on Imperial Japan’s Frontiers
by Naomi Szabo-Wexler edited by Sasha Staggs The discussion of labor relations in regions controlled by Imperial Japan prior to … More
Essay / Becoming Artifact: An Ontological Study of Buddhist Whole-Body Relics
by Lily-Cannelle Mathieu edited by Anthony Kuan AN INTRODUCTION TO WHOLE-BODY RELICS Although not prevalent in Buddhism, the exhibition of … More
Essay / Visual Culture and Conceptions of Womanhood: ‘The Modern Woman’ in 1920s-30s Chinese Images and Film
by Rahma Wiryomartono edited by Phoebe Lee INTRODUCTION: THE MODERN WOMAN In 1920s-30s Republican-era China, there were many contending interpretations … More
Essay / Fairy-Tale for the Literatus: Ladder-Climbing through the Civil Service Examinations in Ming China
by Bo Zhang edited by Anthony Kuan INTRODUCTION The civil service examination, or keju, is considered by many scholars to … More
Essay / Tongzhi Queerness: Revealing a Modern Chinese Identity
by Laurel Stewart edited by Yuzhou Yan INTRODUCTION In 2008 Cui Zi’en, Chinese queer activist, director and screenwriter, produced the … More
Essay / Dynamic Spatiality, Dynamic Material Symbolism: The Relic Crypt at Famensi
by Davin Luce edited by Tiffany Dai The Famen pagoda, hereafter Famensi, (fig. 1) which is located in current day … More
Essay / Falun Gong: The Chinese Government’s Heavy-Handed Persecution of an Innocuous Quasi-Religious Group
by Charlotte Tan edited by Tiffany Dai The religious system in China is closely monitored and regulated by the … More