Sin Wen Lau
Biographic Data
| ID | 173537 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sin Wen Lau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sin Wen |
| FAMILY NAME | Lau |
| SIGNATURE | LAU S W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Otago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3138-9931 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Good Chinese Girls and the Model Minority
Traffics of the Sacred and the Secular
The New Chinese Individual
Researchers have demonstrated how the image of the Chinese child has shifted from that of a political messenger in the socialist period to that of a consumer with rights in the reform era. Using the concept of the guai (“good”) child, this article expands on these understandings of the Chinese child by examining the tensions a divided self faces between balancing individual desires and societal expectations in the 21st century. Through a close se…
From nation builders to global connectors
This article uses a case study of three propaganda videos featuring children promoting the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to analyse how children are used in post-1978 Chinese propaganda. Our close semiotic analysis of these videos takes a two-pronged approach. First, we trace how the images of children in the BRI videos emerge out of a historical trajectory of deploying children as political messengers in Chinese propaganda. Second, we consider …
Centring Home in Mobility
Although the formation of overseas Chinese communities in cities constitutes a major trend in reform era China, conceptualisations of the relationship between the overseas Chinese and China remain divided. The overseas Chinese are seen either as temporary migrants with little attachment to the country or as inescapably connected to China through native place. This paper aims to move beyond this dichotomous understanding by examining the processes…
Transnational Trajectories in East Asia
Anthropological theologies
In a ground‐breaking article Joel Robbins analysed what he characterises as the ‘awkward’ relationship between anthropology and theology and invited greater anthropological engagement with its disciplinary cousin. This Special Issue responds to this provocation by using Robbins' argument as a bouncing board for wide‐ranging forays into a common set of concerns. In investigating anthropological theologies the collection critically attends to the k…
Overseas Chinese Christian Entrepreneurs in Modern China
JOY KOOI-CHIN TONG. London and New York: Anthem Press, 2012. 167 pp. US$99.00, hardcover. This book investigates the extent to which Christian values shape the business practices of overseas Chines
Reconstituting Boundaries and Connectivity
Mobility, Christianity and Belonging
This paper explores what it means to be a Christian on the move in a transnational Asia. It provides an account of the reflections of a Singaporean expatriate wife as she searches for a spiritual home in Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan. It shows how her sense of being Christian is shaped by extra-religious concerns of class, language and nationality. Underscoring the tensions inherent in finding faith in motion, this paper aims to nu…
China Abroad
China Abroad: Travels, Subjects, Spaces Elaine Yee Lin Ho & Julia Kuehn (Eds) Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press, 2009 298 pp., illustrations, bibliography, index, ISBN: 978-962-209-989-0. US$29
Shanghai Splendor
Chinese Transnational Networks . Tan Chee-Beng
Bodily Offerings of Belonging
Under the auspices of a prominent Chinese association, a group of young Chinese girls diligently practise, produce and perform what they understand to be Chinese cultural dance in Perth, Western Australia. The public performance of this cultural dance form has been a common sight since the implementation of multiculturalism in the Australian landscape in the 1970s. This paper explores how a uniquely Chinese-Australian belonging is enabled for a m…
From nation builders to global connectors
This article uses a case study of three propaganda videos featuring children promoting the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to analyse how children are used in post-1978 Chinese propaganda. Our close semiotic analysis of these videos takes a two-pronged approach. First, we trace how the images of children in the BRI videos emerge out of a historical trajectory of deploying children as political messengers in Chinese propaganda. Second, we consider …
Traffics of the Sacred and the Secular
The New Chinese Individual
Researchers have demonstrated how the image of the Chinese child has shifted from that of a political messenger in the socialist period to that of a consumer with rights in the reform era. Using the concept of the guai (“good”) child, this article expands on these understandings of the Chinese child by examining the tensions a divided self faces between balancing individual desires and societal expectations in the 21st century. Through a close se…
Centring Home in Mobility
Although the formation of overseas Chinese communities in cities constitutes a major trend in reform era China, conceptualisations of the relationship between the overseas Chinese and China remain divided. The overseas Chinese are seen either as temporary migrants with little attachment to the country or as inescapably connected to China through native place. This paper aims to move beyond this dichotomous understanding by examining the processes…
Reconstituting Boundaries and Connectivity
Mobility, Christianity and Belonging
This paper explores what it means to be a Christian on the move in a transnational Asia. It provides an account of the reflections of a Singaporean expatriate wife as she searches for a spiritual home in Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan. It shows how her sense of being Christian is shaped by extra-religious concerns of class, language and nationality. Underscoring the tensions inherent in finding faith in motion, this paper aims to nu…
Bodily Offerings of Belonging
Under the auspices of a prominent Chinese association, a group of young Chinese girls diligently practise, produce and perform what they understand to be Chinese cultural dance in Perth, Western Australia. The public performance of this cultural dance form has been a common sight since the implementation of multiculturalism in the Australian landscape in the 1970s. This paper explores how a uniquely Chinese-Australian belonging is enabled for a m…
Bodily Offerings of Belonging
Under the auspices of a prominent Chinese association, a group of young Chinese girls diligently practise, produce and perform what they understand to be Chinese cultural dance in Perth, Western Australia. The public performance of this cultural dance form has been a common sight since the implementation of multiculturalism in the Australian landscape in the 1970s. This paper explores how a uniquely Chinese-Australian belonging is enabled for a m…
Shanghai Splendor
Chinese Transnational Networks . Tan Chee-Beng
China Abroad
China Abroad: Travels, Subjects, Spaces Elaine Yee Lin Ho & Julia Kuehn (Eds) Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press, 2009 298 pp., illustrations, bibliography, index, ISBN: 978-962-209-989-0. US$29
Anthropological theologies
In a ground‐breaking article Joel Robbins analysed what he characterises as the ‘awkward’ relationship between anthropology and theology and invited greater anthropological engagement with its disciplinary cousin. This Special Issue responds to this provocation by using Robbins' argument as a bouncing board for wide‐ranging forays into a common set of concerns. In investigating anthropological theologies the collection critically attends to the k…
Overseas Chinese Christian Entrepreneurs in Modern China
JOY KOOI-CHIN TONG. London and New York: Anthem Press, 2012. 167 pp. US$99.00, hardcover. This book investigates the extent to which Christian values shape the business practices of overseas Chines
Reconstituting Boundaries and Connectivity
Mobility, Christianity and Belonging
This paper explores what it means to be a Christian on the move in a transnational Asia. It provides an account of the reflections of a Singaporean expatriate wife as she searches for a spiritual home in Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan. It shows how her sense of being Christian is shaped by extra-religious concerns of class, language and nationality. Underscoring the tensions inherent in finding faith in motion, this paper aims to nu…
Centring Home in Mobility
Although the formation of overseas Chinese communities in cities constitutes a major trend in reform era China, conceptualisations of the relationship between the overseas Chinese and China remain divided. The overseas Chinese are seen either as temporary migrants with little attachment to the country or as inescapably connected to China through native place. This paper aims to move beyond this dichotomous understanding by examining the processes…
Transnational Trajectories in East Asia
From nation builders to global connectors
This article uses a case study of three propaganda videos featuring children promoting the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to analyse how children are used in post-1978 Chinese propaganda. Our close semiotic analysis of these videos takes a two-pronged approach. First, we trace how the images of children in the BRI videos emerge out of a historical trajectory of deploying children as political messengers in Chinese propaganda. Second, we consider …
Good Chinese Girls and the Model Minority
Traffics of the Sacred and the Secular
The New Chinese Individual
Researchers have demonstrated how the image of the Chinese child has shifted from that of a political messenger in the socialist period to that of a consumer with rights in the reform era. Using the concept of the guai (“good”) child, this article expands on these understandings of the Chinese child by examining the tensions a divided self faces between balancing individual desires and societal expectations in the 21st century. Through a close se…
Sociology (14 works) · Political science (10 works) · China (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · History (6 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works)