Lynda Ng
Biographic Data
| ID | 3784498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynda Ng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynda |
| FAMILY NAME | Ng |
| SIGNATURE | NG L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Sydney University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6332-9669 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
'A sideshow to the great tragedies in Europe’
Abdulrazak Gurnah’s 2023 novel Afterlives traces a direct line between the history of German colonialism in East Africa and the Holocaust. The act of drawing such connections has been subject to fierce debate in Germany in the Historikerstreit 2.0. Gurnah’s work calls attention to the Afro-German victims of the Holocaust. This essay examines his method of refractive storytelling, arguing that it provides an effective counter to the linear and hie…
Facecraft
Having witnessed the end-point of eugenics in the violent, state-sanctioned genocide of Nazi Germany, it is impossible to discuss racial categories today without the knowledge that racialization is a dehumanising process that can lead to devastating consequences. Yet in spite of a willingness to acknowledge that race is a social construction, it often continues to be treated in everyday life as a real categorical difference. This article explores…
Alexis Wright’s “Vision Splendid”
Alexis Wright is known for reshaping literary forms to better suit and present an Aboriginal worldview. Her work not only contains an inherently ecological perspective, but is also marked by a comprehensive understanding of the ways in which literature is imbricated with the nation and the economy. This essay traces the connections between Wright’s agitation for sovereignty and social justice, the creation of an Aboriginal economy, and the coloni…
Fixing to die
The Bildungsroman could be described as a ‘future-facing' genre, in that its protagonist is exposed to the vicissitudes of life, gains experience, and comes of age; he or she, in other words, learns how to live. The horizon of such stories, beyond just the events being depicted, is the individual's life to come. In this paper, by contrast, I argue that a significant part of the coming-of-age process is the subject's confrontation with mortality. …
Sino-liberalism
The very notion of China’s ‘socialist market economy’ presents us with numerous paradoxes, such as the way it challenges former distinctions made between democratic and Communist systems. This paper examines the rhetorical dimensions of Milton Friedman’s seminal text, Capitalism and freedom (1962), and demonstrates how literary analysis can make an important contribution towards our understanding of the formation of neoliberal ideology. Drawing o…
The violence of forgetting
Throughout his career, J.M. Coetzee has sought to resist national confines, preferring instead to emphasise the transnational aspects of culture and history. This essay examines the interplay between nation, transnationalism and literature in Coetzee's novel Dusklands, and shows how a fully formed ethics of violence can already be seen on display in his fictional debut. Key themes that become important throughout Coetzee's oeuvre are developed he…
Cannibalism, Colonialism and Apocalypse in Mitchell's Global Future
Cannibalism, Colonialism and Apocalypse in Mitchell's Global Future Lynda Ng (bio) The beginning and end of history David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas is a novel intent on blasting open the classical unities of time and place. On publication in 2004, its unusual structure made it a talking-point for reviewers and readers alike. It was an unexpected crossover hit, winning critical acclaim and also finding popular appeal.1 For a novel with clear global a…
Sino-liberalism
The very notion of China’s ‘socialist market economy’ presents us with numerous paradoxes, such as the way it challenges former distinctions made between democratic and Communist systems. This paper examines the rhetorical dimensions of Milton Friedman’s seminal text, Capitalism and freedom (1962), and demonstrates how literary analysis can make an important contribution towards our understanding of the formation of neoliberal ideology. Drawing o…
Cannibalism, Colonialism and Apocalypse in Mitchell's Global Future
Cannibalism, Colonialism and Apocalypse in Mitchell's Global Future Lynda Ng (bio) The beginning and end of history David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas is a novel intent on blasting open the classical unities of time and place. On publication in 2004, its unusual structure made it a talking-point for reviewers and readers alike. It was an unexpected crossover hit, winning critical acclaim and also finding popular appeal.1 For a novel with clear global a…
The violence of forgetting
Throughout his career, J.M. Coetzee has sought to resist national confines, preferring instead to emphasise the transnational aspects of culture and history. This essay examines the interplay between nation, transnationalism and literature in Coetzee's novel Dusklands, and shows how a fully formed ethics of violence can already be seen on display in his fictional debut. Key themes that become important throughout Coetzee's oeuvre are developed he…
Cannibalism, Colonialism and Apocalypse in Mitchell's Global Future
Cannibalism, Colonialism and Apocalypse in Mitchell's Global Future Lynda Ng (bio) The beginning and end of history David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas is a novel intent on blasting open the classical unities of time and place. On publication in 2004, its unusual structure made it a talking-point for reviewers and readers alike. It was an unexpected crossover hit, winning critical acclaim and also finding popular appeal.1 For a novel with clear global a…
The violence of forgetting
Throughout his career, J.M. Coetzee has sought to resist national confines, preferring instead to emphasise the transnational aspects of culture and history. This essay examines the interplay between nation, transnationalism and literature in Coetzee's novel Dusklands, and shows how a fully formed ethics of violence can already be seen on display in his fictional debut. Key themes that become important throughout Coetzee's oeuvre are developed he…
Sino-liberalism
The very notion of China’s ‘socialist market economy’ presents us with numerous paradoxes, such as the way it challenges former distinctions made between democratic and Communist systems. This paper examines the rhetorical dimensions of Milton Friedman’s seminal text, Capitalism and freedom (1962), and demonstrates how literary analysis can make an important contribution towards our understanding of the formation of neoliberal ideology. Drawing o…
Fixing to die
The Bildungsroman could be described as a ‘future-facing' genre, in that its protagonist is exposed to the vicissitudes of life, gains experience, and comes of age; he or she, in other words, learns how to live. The horizon of such stories, beyond just the events being depicted, is the individual's life to come. In this paper, by contrast, I argue that a significant part of the coming-of-age process is the subject's confrontation with mortality. …
Alexis Wright’s “Vision Splendid”
Alexis Wright is known for reshaping literary forms to better suit and present an Aboriginal worldview. Her work not only contains an inherently ecological perspective, but is also marked by a comprehensive understanding of the ways in which literature is imbricated with the nation and the economy. This essay traces the connections between Wright’s agitation for sovereignty and social justice, the creation of an Aboriginal economy, and the coloni…
'A sideshow to the great tragedies in Europe’
Abdulrazak Gurnah’s 2023 novel Afterlives traces a direct line between the history of German colonialism in East Africa and the Holocaust. The act of drawing such connections has been subject to fierce debate in Germany in the Historikerstreit 2.0. Gurnah’s work calls attention to the Afro-German victims of the Holocaust. This essay examines his method of refractive storytelling, arguing that it provides an effective counter to the linear and hie…
Facecraft
Having witnessed the end-point of eugenics in the violent, state-sanctioned genocide of Nazi Germany, it is impossible to discuss racial categories today without the knowledge that racialization is a dehumanising process that can lead to devastating consequences. Yet in spite of a willingness to acknowledge that race is a social construction, it often continues to be treated in everyday life as a real categorical difference. This article explores…
Art (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Contemporary Literature and Criticism (2 works) · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · German Colonialism and Identity Studies (2 works)