Shih-Wen Sue Chen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5406969 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shih-Wen Sue Chen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shih-Wen Sue |
| FAMILY NAME | Chen |
| SIGNATURE | CHEN S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4110-7985 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ageing and Childhood
Although the number of people with dementia has been increasing rapidly in the Chinese-speaking world, there are relatively few Chinese children’s books published on the topic. This article analyses two Chinese-language picturebooks that approach the representation of dementia in contrasting ways. Azihaimo xiansheng [ Mr Alzheimer] (2017) by Chen Yihui and Xue Huiying downplays the threat of the disease by anthropomorphising it as a friendly man …
Public Health, Polio, and Pandemics
Good Chinese Girls and the Model Minority
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 …
Children’s Literature and Transnational Knowledge in Modern China
Give, give; be always giving’
In lieu of an abstract, the first paragraph is included here: Before he reveals the answer to the riddle, nine-year-old Matty Bryan asks his father for a penny and his mother and grandmother for a halfpenny each. He then takes out his new missionary-box, explaining that the money is for ‘black people, to buy them Bibles, and to send them preachers to tell them about God, and how they’re to get to heaven; and Mr. Graham [his teacher] said that it …
Baozou manhua (rage comics), Internet humour and everyday life
Wang Nima launched baozoumanhua.com in 2008 to introduce rage comics (baozou manhua) to China after noticing its popularity in the USA. The emergence of baozou manhua signifies a new form of expression for ordinary netizens where they move from simply being consumers of comics to producers, combining image and text in a humorous way and distributing them via a wide variety of communication tools. This paper examines how the genre of baozou manhua…
To favourably impress the Oriental mind with western knowledge’
The first section of the essay situates Xiaohai yuebao in the context of late nineteenth-century missionary publishing and delineates the relationship between the periodical and international print culture. It outlines how the editor acquired lithographic prints, electrotypes and other materials from the American Tract Society (ATS) and the Religious Tract Society of London (RTS) to help produce the paper. It also discusses the transfer of printi…
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 …
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…
Give, give; be always giving’
In lieu of an abstract, the first paragraph is included here: Before he reveals the answer to the riddle, nine-year-old Matty Bryan asks his father for a penny and his mother and grandmother for a halfpenny each. He then takes out his new missionary-box, explaining that the money is for ‘black people, to buy them Bibles, and to send them preachers to tell them about God, and how they’re to get to heaven; and Mr. Graham [his teacher] said that it …
Baozou manhua (rage comics), Internet humour and everyday life
Wang Nima launched baozoumanhua.com in 2008 to introduce rage comics (baozou manhua) to China after noticing its popularity in the USA. The emergence of baozou manhua signifies a new form of expression for ordinary netizens where they move from simply being consumers of comics to producers, combining image and text in a humorous way and distributing them via a wide variety of communication tools. This paper examines how the genre of baozou manhua…
Baozou manhua (rage comics), Internet humour and everyday life
Wang Nima launched baozoumanhua.com in 2008 to introduce rage comics (baozou manhua) to China after noticing its popularity in the USA. The emergence of baozou manhua signifies a new form of expression for ordinary netizens where they move from simply being consumers of comics to producers, combining image and text in a humorous way and distributing them via a wide variety of communication tools. This paper examines how the genre of baozou manhua…
To favourably impress the Oriental mind with western knowledge’
The first section of the essay situates Xiaohai yuebao in the context of late nineteenth-century missionary publishing and delineates the relationship between the periodical and international print culture. It outlines how the editor acquired lithographic prints, electrotypes and other materials from the American Tract Society (ATS) and the Religious Tract Society of London (RTS) to help produce the paper. It also discusses the transfer of printi…
Give, give; be always giving’
In lieu of an abstract, the first paragraph is included here: Before he reveals the answer to the riddle, nine-year-old Matty Bryan asks his father for a penny and his mother and grandmother for a halfpenny each. He then takes out his new missionary-box, explaining that the money is for ‘black people, to buy them Bibles, and to send them preachers to tell them about God, and how they’re to get to heaven; and Mr. Graham [his teacher] said that it …
Children’s Literature and Transnational Knowledge in Modern China
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
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…
Public Health, Polio, and Pandemics
Ageing and Childhood
Although the number of people with dementia has been increasing rapidly in the Chinese-speaking world, there are relatively few Chinese children’s books published on the topic. This article analyses two Chinese-language picturebooks that approach the representation of dementia in contrasting ways. Azihaimo xiansheng [ Mr Alzheimer] (2017) by Chen Yihui and Xue Huiying downplays the threat of the disease by anthropomorphising it as a friendly man …
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