Deirdre Sabina Knight
Biographic Data
| ID | 5840448 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deirdre Sabina Knight |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deirdre Sabina |
| FAMILY NAME | Knight |
| SIGNATURE | KNIGHT D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Smith College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Gendered Fate
Madness and Disability in Contemporary Chinese Film
The magnitude of ming: Command, allotment, and fate in Chinese culture
Few ideas in Chinese discourse are as ubiquitous as ming, variously understood as command, allotted lifespan, fate, or life. In the earliest days of Chinese writing, ming was already present, invoked in divinations and etched into ancient bronzes; it has continued to inscribe itself down to the twenty-first century in literature and film. This volume assembles twelve essays by some of the most eminent scholars currently working in Chinese studies…
Shanghai cosmopolitan: Class, gender and cultural citizenship in Weihui's Shanghai Babe
In Weihui's banned novel, Shanghai Babe (1999), the social effects of globalization can be seen in changing ethical discourses concerning what it is to be a responsible citizen, friend or lover. Beginning with a discussion of cosmopolitanism and cultural citizenship, this paper explores how class inequalities and gender hierarchies undercut these ideals. For while the novel celebrates cosmopolitan choice and cultural empowerment, its plot also fo…
Shanghai cosmopolitan: Class, gender and cultural citizenship in Weihui's Shanghai Babe
In Weihui's banned novel, Shanghai Babe (1999), the social effects of globalization can be seen in changing ethical discourses concerning what it is to be a responsible citizen, friend or lover. Beginning with a discussion of cosmopolitanism and cultural citizenship, this paper explores how class inequalities and gender hierarchies undercut these ideals. For while the novel celebrates cosmopolitan choice and cultural empowerment, its plot also fo…
Shanghai cosmopolitan: Class, gender and cultural citizenship in Weihui's Shanghai Babe
In Weihui's banned novel, Shanghai Babe (1999), the social effects of globalization can be seen in changing ethical discourses concerning what it is to be a responsible citizen, friend or lover. Beginning with a discussion of cosmopolitanism and cultural citizenship, this paper explores how class inequalities and gender hierarchies undercut these ideals. For while the novel celebrates cosmopolitan choice and cultural empowerment, its plot also fo…
The magnitude of ming: Command, allotment, and fate in Chinese culture
Few ideas in Chinese discourse are as ubiquitous as ming, variously understood as command, allotted lifespan, fate, or life. In the earliest days of Chinese writing, ming was already present, invoked in divinations and etched into ancient bronzes; it has continued to inscribe itself down to the twenty-first century in literature and film. This volume assembles twelve essays by some of the most eminent scholars currently working in Chinese studies…
Madness and Disability in Contemporary Chinese Film
Gendered Fate
History (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · China (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)