Su Mei Kok
Biographic Data
| ID | 5661710 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Su Mei Kok |
| GIVEN NAMES | Su Mei |
| FAMILY NAME | Kok |
| SIGNATURE | KOK S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malaya |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0667-444X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Female Self-Sacrifice and Victorian Gender Politics
Although Victorian morality is modeled after the Christian sense of substitutionary self-sacrifice that requires active heroic action, the practice of self-sacrifice was known as an inward-looking self-denial rather than heroic sacrifice for another. Informed by her feminism and Central Anglicanism, Emily Pfeiffer rejects Victorian literary conventions of portraying female self-sacrifice as passive and instead, presents female self-sacrifice as a…
Reorienting Christina Rossetti’s Christian Feminist Poetics in “The Convent Threshold” and “A Royal Princess”
What’s Past Is Prologue”
Since 2011, Shakespeare Demystified, a series of productions with a pedagogical focus, has been transforming the landscape of Shakespearean performances in Malaysia. It is the closest Malaysia currently has to a regular Shakespeare season and the actors behind it comprise the only theatrical group committed to bringing Shakespeare to the stage. But Shakespeare Demystified continues a long Malaysian tradition of performing Shakespeare for educatio…
How Many Arts from Such a Labour Flow”
Spanning a thirty-eight-mile canal, a walled reservoir, and a city-wide network of wooden mains, London’s New River altered terrain from Hertfordshire to the city. A vital shift in London’s spatial order attended these topographical changes, as public space became a private commodity. This essay compares Thomas Middleton’s allusions to the New River in his civic shows and city comedies, revealing his ambivalent attitude toward an increasingly pro…
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (review)
Reviewed by: The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Su Mei Kok The Merchant of Venice. By William Shakespeare. Shakespeare Demystified, Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2 March 2012. Committed to proving the accessibility and relevance of Shakespeare’s plays to a nation largely uninterested in the Bard, Shakespeare Demystified’s approach reflects a conviction that Shakespeare is for all, as evident in the actors…
What’s Past Is Prologue”
Since 2011, Shakespeare Demystified, a series of productions with a pedagogical focus, has been transforming the landscape of Shakespearean performances in Malaysia. It is the closest Malaysia currently has to a regular Shakespeare season and the actors behind it comprise the only theatrical group committed to bringing Shakespeare to the stage. But Shakespeare Demystified continues a long Malaysian tradition of performing Shakespeare for educatio…
How Many Arts from Such a Labour Flow”
Spanning a thirty-eight-mile canal, a walled reservoir, and a city-wide network of wooden mains, London’s New River altered terrain from Hertfordshire to the city. A vital shift in London’s spatial order attended these topographical changes, as public space became a private commodity. This essay compares Thomas Middleton’s allusions to the New River in his civic shows and city comedies, revealing his ambivalent attitude toward an increasingly pro…
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (review)
Reviewed by: The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Su Mei Kok The Merchant of Venice. By William Shakespeare. Shakespeare Demystified, Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2 March 2012. Committed to proving the accessibility and relevance of Shakespeare’s plays to a nation largely uninterested in the Bard, Shakespeare Demystified’s approach reflects a conviction that Shakespeare is for all, as evident in the actors…
What’s Past Is Prologue”
Since 2011, Shakespeare Demystified, a series of productions with a pedagogical focus, has been transforming the landscape of Shakespearean performances in Malaysia. It is the closest Malaysia currently has to a regular Shakespeare season and the actors behind it comprise the only theatrical group committed to bringing Shakespeare to the stage. But Shakespeare Demystified continues a long Malaysian tradition of performing Shakespeare for educatio…
Female Self-Sacrifice and Victorian Gender Politics
Although Victorian morality is modeled after the Christian sense of substitutionary self-sacrifice that requires active heroic action, the practice of self-sacrifice was known as an inward-looking self-denial rather than heroic sacrifice for another. Informed by her feminism and Central Anglicanism, Emily Pfeiffer rejects Victorian literary conventions of portraying female self-sacrifice as passive and instead, presents female self-sacrifice as a…
Reorienting Christina Rossetti’s Christian Feminist Poetics in “The Convent Threshold” and “A Royal Princess”
Art (4 works) · Literature (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philippine History and Culture (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism (2 works)