Ying Xin Show
Biographic Data
| ID | 6584439 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ying Xin Show |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ying Xin |
| FAMILY NAME | Show |
| SIGNATURE | SHOW Y X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0082-7839 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Yellow panic
During the peak of the anti-yellow cultural movement in Singapore (1953–1956), Yao Zi—now recognised as a pioneering figure in postwar Sinophone Malayan literature—was criticised as a pornographic “yellow” writer. This article explores the cultural debates and phenomena of 1950s Malaya, a period of social transformation in the late colonial era shaped by ideological polarisation during the Cold War and anti-colonial nationalism. It focuses on the…
Practicing Transcultural Subjectivity
This paper combs through Chong Fah Hing’s academic scholarship and translation practices of Malaysian Chinese (Mahua) literature and culture over the past 20 years. It explores the sources of his thoughts, research approaches and the significance of his work to the study of Mahua literature. The keyword “subjectivity” (zhuti xing) continuously appears in Chong’s writings, though the “subject” is not self-evident. This paper posits that Chong Fah …
Reassessing the Chinese diaspora from the South
This special issue and the 2021 online conference where most articles were first presented are supported by the Australian National University's School of Culture, History and Language, the Australian Centre on China in the World and Jennifer Cushman Memorial Fund
Gendering Chinese diaspora
Studies on the Chinese diaspora often privilege male subjects as agents of mobility, the patriarch in kinship, social networks and livelihood, and producers of knowledge and thoughts, perpetuating an androcentric understanding of Chinese-ness and diaspora. This article challenges the dominant framework and highlights the uneven ways of being diaspora in Malaya and the different political, social, and psychological experiences between men and wome…
Unpacking Discourses on Chineseness
Narrating the racial riots of 13 May 1969
The riots of 13 May 1969 are kept alive as social memory in Malaysia. As the government continues to ignore calls to declassify the documents on the racial riots, historical evidence of 13 May is scarce, and the ‘truth’ remains obscured. This article, however, moves away from the truth-seeking mission and studies three contemporary fictions by Malaysian women writers. They are Sinophone writer Li Zishu’s (2010) Gaobie de niandai (The Era of Farew…
Reassessing the Chinese diaspora from the South
This special issue and the 2021 online conference where most articles were first presented are supported by the Australian National University's School of Culture, History and Language, the Australian Centre on China in the World and Jennifer Cushman Memorial Fund
Narrating the racial riots of 13 May 1969
The riots of 13 May 1969 are kept alive as social memory in Malaysia. As the government continues to ignore calls to declassify the documents on the racial riots, historical evidence of 13 May is scarce, and the ‘truth’ remains obscured. This article, however, moves away from the truth-seeking mission and studies three contemporary fictions by Malaysian women writers. They are Sinophone writer Li Zishu’s (2010) Gaobie de niandai (The Era of Farew…
Reassessing the Chinese diaspora from the South
This special issue and the 2021 online conference where most articles were first presented are supported by the Australian National University's School of Culture, History and Language, the Australian Centre on China in the World and Jennifer Cushman Memorial Fund
Gendering Chinese diaspora
Studies on the Chinese diaspora often privilege male subjects as agents of mobility, the patriarch in kinship, social networks and livelihood, and producers of knowledge and thoughts, perpetuating an androcentric understanding of Chinese-ness and diaspora. This article challenges the dominant framework and highlights the uneven ways of being diaspora in Malaya and the different political, social, and psychological experiences between men and wome…
Unpacking Discourses on Chineseness
Practicing Transcultural Subjectivity
This paper combs through Chong Fah Hing’s academic scholarship and translation practices of Malaysian Chinese (Mahua) literature and culture over the past 20 years. It explores the sources of his thoughts, research approaches and the significance of his work to the study of Mahua literature. The keyword “subjectivity” (zhuti xing) continuously appears in Chong’s writings, though the “subject” is not self-evident. This paper posits that Chong Fah …
Yellow panic
During the peak of the anti-yellow cultural movement in Singapore (1953–1956), Yao Zi—now recognised as a pioneering figure in postwar Sinophone Malayan literature—was criticised as a pornographic “yellow” writer. This article explores the cultural debates and phenomena of 1950s Malaya, a period of social transformation in the late colonial era shaped by ideological polarisation during the Cold War and anti-colonial nationalism. It focuses on the…
Gender Studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Asian Studies and History (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · China (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works)