Joseph R Allen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3830668 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph R Allen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph R |
| FAMILY NAME | Allen |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEN J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1119-1992 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Elegies of Chu: An Anthology of Early Chinese Poetry
The Chuci is a collection of poetic texts that first emerged from the culture of the great, south-lying state of Chu of early China. It is conventionally dated from the third century BCE to the second century CE, with the famous “Li sao” and its author, Qu Yuan, at its center. Heretofore, the only complete translation into English has been by David Hawkes.1 It takes a brave soul to translate in the shadow of David Hawkes, one of the greatest tran…
The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the Covid-19 pandemic
A New Literary History of Modern China
In the Shadows of “A New Account of Tales of the World”
We all have many deeply imbedded memories of studying classical Chinese literature in graduate school. For us at the University of Washington, nothing is quite as memorable as David Knechteges’ ess
Picturing Gentlemen: Japanese Portrait Photography in Colonial Taiwan
This essay investigates the conditions of portrait photography in Taiwan during Japanese colonization. After a brief introduction to the theoretical issues concerning the indexical nature of the photograph, I consider the Japanese colonial photographic industry and its products (portraits) in three contexts: the state of photographic technology in the world at that time, the ideological machinery of colonization in Taiwan, and the wider phenomeno…
Why Learning To Write Chinese Is a Waste of Time: A Modest Proposal
This article argues that for students of Chinese and Japanese, learning to write Chinese characters (hanzi/kanji) by hand from memory is an inefficient use of resources. Rather, beginning students should focus on character/word recognition (reading) and electronic writing. Although electronic technologies have diminished the usefulness of Chinese character handwriting, its cultural importance remains. This leads to a hegemony of hanzi/kanji throu…
Taipei Park: Signs of Occupation
This essay investigates the configuration of public space in Taipei City using the example of a small urban park. In particular, this essay considers how that space functioned and functions as a site for "occupation"-that is, when and how the public space was produced by, brought under the control of, or performed in by a specific cultural agent, whether a colonial government or skateboarder. Those occupations delineate and transform the space fo…
Metamorphosis of the Private Sphere: Gardens and Objects in Tang-Song Poetry
The Chinese garden has been explored from a variety of angles. Much has been written about its structural features as well as its cosmological, religious, philosophical, moral, aesthetic, and economic underpinnings. This book deals with the poetic configurations of the private garden in cities from the ninth to the eleventh century in relation to the development of the private sphere in Chinese literati culture. It focuses on the ways in which th…
Dressing and Undressing the Chinese Woman Warrior
Research Article| May 01 1996 Dressing and Undressing the Chinese Woman Warrior Joseph R. Allen Joseph R. Allen Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google positions (1996) 4 (2): 343–379. https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-4-2-343 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Joseph R. Allen; Dressing and Undressing the Chinese Woman Warrior. positions 1 May 1996; 4 (2): 343–379. doi: https:…
Out of the Howling Storm: The New Chinese Poetry
Forbidden Games & Video Poems: The Poetry of Yang Mu and Lo Ch'ing
Anthology of Modern Chinese Poetry
I will speak, therefore, of a graph: A Chinese metalanguage
This article describes the acquisition and use of a Chinese metalanguage with which ambiguous spoken words are graphically contextualized. The metalanguage is composed of strategies that range from the actual writing of the Chinese graph (character) to those where the graph is accommodated in a verbal presentation. The nature of the Chinese script and the cultural significance of the graphs have lent weight to this metalanguage such that it comme…
Looking out from Death: From the Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square
Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China
Now that Anne Birrell's 1988 introduction to the Han lyrics conventionally known as yueh-fu Wft has proven its staying power by appearing in paperback, it is worth re-examining partly for its own sake, and partly because its strengths and drawbacks have much to tell us about Western scholars' knowledge of and attitudes toward older Chinese poetry and other sinological fields. Recent discussions of those attitudes have focused on the debate over v…
Essays on Chinese Literature: A Comparative Approach
From Saint to Singing Girl: The Rewriting of The Lo-fu Narrative in Chinese Literati Poetry
The Lotus Boat: The Origins of Chinese Tz'u Poetry in Tang Popular Culture
The Lament for the South: Yü Hsin's 'Ai Chiang-nan fu
The Evolution of Chinese Tz'u Poetry: From Late T'ang to Northern Sung
A History of Chinese Literature
Why Learning To Write Chinese Is a Waste of Time: A Modest Proposal
This article argues that for students of Chinese and Japanese, learning to write Chinese characters (hanzi/kanji) by hand from memory is an inefficient use of resources. Rather, beginning students should focus on character/word recognition (reading) and electronic writing. Although electronic technologies have diminished the usefulness of Chinese character handwriting, its cultural importance remains. This leads to a hegemony of hanzi/kanji throu…
Taipei Park: Signs of Occupation
This essay investigates the configuration of public space in Taipei City using the example of a small urban park. In particular, this essay considers how that space functioned and functions as a site for "occupation"-that is, when and how the public space was produced by, brought under the control of, or performed in by a specific cultural agent, whether a colonial government or skateboarder. Those occupations delineate and transform the space fo…
Dressing and Undressing the Chinese Woman Warrior
Research Article| May 01 1996 Dressing and Undressing the Chinese Woman Warrior Joseph R. Allen Joseph R. Allen Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google positions (1996) 4 (2): 343–379. https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-4-2-343 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Joseph R. Allen; Dressing and Undressing the Chinese Woman Warrior. positions 1 May 1996; 4 (2): 343–379. doi: https:…
I will speak, therefore, of a graph: A Chinese metalanguage
This article describes the acquisition and use of a Chinese metalanguage with which ambiguous spoken words are graphically contextualized. The metalanguage is composed of strategies that range from the actual writing of the Chinese graph (character) to those where the graph is accommodated in a verbal presentation. The nature of the Chinese script and the cultural significance of the graphs have lent weight to this metalanguage such that it comme…
A History of Chinese Literature
The Lament for the South: Yü Hsin's 'Ai Chiang-nan fu
The Evolution of Chinese Tz'u Poetry: From Late T'ang to Northern Sung
The Lotus Boat: The Origins of Chinese Tz'u Poetry in Tang Popular Culture
From Saint to Singing Girl: The Rewriting of The Lo-fu Narrative in Chinese Literati Poetry
Essays on Chinese Literature: A Comparative Approach
Looking out from Death: From the Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square
Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China
Now that Anne Birrell's 1988 introduction to the Han lyrics conventionally known as yueh-fu Wft has proven its staying power by appearing in paperback, it is worth re-examining partly for its own sake, and partly because its strengths and drawbacks have much to tell us about Western scholars' knowledge of and attitudes toward older Chinese poetry and other sinological fields. Recent discussions of those attitudes have focused on the debate over v…
I will speak, therefore, of a graph: A Chinese metalanguage
This article describes the acquisition and use of a Chinese metalanguage with which ambiguous spoken words are graphically contextualized. The metalanguage is composed of strategies that range from the actual writing of the Chinese graph (character) to those where the graph is accommodated in a verbal presentation. The nature of the Chinese script and the cultural significance of the graphs have lent weight to this metalanguage such that it comme…
Out of the Howling Storm: The New Chinese Poetry
Forbidden Games & Video Poems: The Poetry of Yang Mu and Lo Ch'ing
Anthology of Modern Chinese Poetry
Dressing and Undressing the Chinese Woman Warrior
Research Article| May 01 1996 Dressing and Undressing the Chinese Woman Warrior Joseph R. Allen Joseph R. Allen Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google positions (1996) 4 (2): 343–379. https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-4-2-343 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Joseph R. Allen; Dressing and Undressing the Chinese Woman Warrior. positions 1 May 1996; 4 (2): 343–379. doi: https:…
Metamorphosis of the Private Sphere: Gardens and Objects in Tang-Song Poetry
The Chinese garden has been explored from a variety of angles. Much has been written about its structural features as well as its cosmological, religious, philosophical, moral, aesthetic, and economic underpinnings. This book deals with the poetic configurations of the private garden in cities from the ninth to the eleventh century in relation to the development of the private sphere in Chinese literati culture. It focuses on the ways in which th…
Taipei Park: Signs of Occupation
This essay investigates the configuration of public space in Taipei City using the example of a small urban park. In particular, this essay considers how that space functioned and functions as a site for "occupation"-that is, when and how the public space was produced by, brought under the control of, or performed in by a specific cultural agent, whether a colonial government or skateboarder. Those occupations delineate and transform the space fo…
Why Learning To Write Chinese Is a Waste of Time: A Modest Proposal
This article argues that for students of Chinese and Japanese, learning to write Chinese characters (hanzi/kanji) by hand from memory is an inefficient use of resources. Rather, beginning students should focus on character/word recognition (reading) and electronic writing. Although electronic technologies have diminished the usefulness of Chinese character handwriting, its cultural importance remains. This leads to a hegemony of hanzi/kanji throu…
In the Shadows of “A New Account of Tales of the World”
We all have many deeply imbedded memories of studying classical Chinese literature in graduate school. For us at the University of Washington, nothing is quite as memorable as David Knechteges’ ess
Picturing Gentlemen: Japanese Portrait Photography in Colonial Taiwan
This essay investigates the conditions of portrait photography in Taiwan during Japanese colonization. After a brief introduction to the theoretical issues concerning the indexical nature of the photograph, I consider the Japanese colonial photographic industry and its products (portraits) in three contexts: the state of photographic technology in the world at that time, the ideological machinery of colonization in Taiwan, and the wider phenomeno…
A New Literary History of Modern China
The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the Covid-19 pandemic
Elegies of Chu: An Anthology of Early Chinese Poetry
The Chuci is a collection of poetic texts that first emerged from the culture of the great, south-lying state of Chu of early China. It is conventionally dated from the third century BCE to the second century CE, with the famous “Li sao” and its author, Qu Yuan, at its center. Heretofore, the only complete translation into English has been by David Hawkes.1 It takes a brave soul to translate in the shadow of David Hawkes, one of the greatest tran…
History (15 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (14 works) · Art (13 works) · Literature (11 works) · Poetry (9 works) · Japanese History and Culture (8 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Art history (4 works) · China (4 works)