Wing-Fai Leung
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5659018 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Wing-Fai Leung |
| PRENOMES | Wing-Fai |
| SOBRENOME | Leung |
| ASSINATURA | LEUNG W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0352-6011 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Changemakers Connecting the Global and the Local Experiences and Strategies of Taiwan-Based Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurs in the Early 2020s
This study qualitatively analyses Taiwan-based cultural and creative entrepreneurs’ responses to changes during the specific conjuncture of the early 2020s, and the significance of their experiences and business strategies to sustain their companies. While some encountered significant difficulties during this time, others have capitalised on the expansion of e-commerce during the Covid-19 pandemic. The analysis demonstrates the cultural and creat…
Female Convict Scorpion
This article focuses on Female Convict Scorpion, a Japanese women-in-prison film series (1972)(1973), which exemplifies studio-produced exploitation cinema.The series is influenced by the contemporaneous yakuza cycle and its anti-authoritarian social realist agenda.Produced during a time of rapid political-economic-social change in the country, the Female Convict Scorpion series combines exploitative content -the display of nudity, violence, and …
Responses to health risk and suffering
Italy was one of the first European countries affected by the Covid-19 pandemic after the beginning of the outbreak in China in January 2020. Applying critical discourse analysis and theories of the mediation of suffering, this article explores the discursive strategies used by the Italian media to represent China and Chinese people in relation to the outbreak in the early stage of the pandemic. Employing the theoretical frameworks of Mary Dougla…
Be creative
"In this exciting new book Angela McRobbie charts the 'euphoric' moment of the new creative economy, as it rose to prominence in the UK during the Blair years, and considers it from the perspective of contemporary experience of economic austerity and uncertainty about work and employment. McRobbie makes some bold arguments about the staging of creative economy as a mode of 'labour reform'; she proposes that the dispositif of creativity is a fine-…
Digital entrepreneurship in Taiwan and Thailand
This article examines the significance of digital entrepreneurship in East Asia as informal work, based on empirical research in Taiwan and Thailand. Digital entrepreneurs in East Asia can be thought of as a new class of ‘creative workers’ who aspire to the neoliberal ideals of the West that advocate free markets and individualism. While digital entrepreneurship offers low-cost opportunities, it also represents highly precarious careers. The tran…
Introduction
Women Writers in Postsocialist China, written by Kay Schaffer and Xianlin Song, 2014
The strengths of close ties
This article examines entrepreneurs who have started innovative Internet and mobile technology companies in Taiwan because they are at the forefront of industrial changes in the country. Similar to findings in Europe and the USA, education and careers in technology in Taiwan remain dominated by men. However, I argue that the gender inequality of the sector is partly the result of the fact that small new enterprises rely on family support and clos…
Who could be an Oriental angel? Lou Jing, mixed heritage and the discourses of Chinese ethnicity
Lou Jing was born in Shanghai to a Chinese mother and an African American father. She never met her father as he left China before she was born, and so was brought up by her mother in a single-parent family. In 2009, Lou Jing entered the Shanghai Dragon TV’s talent show Go Oriental Angel! Lou’s skin colour engendered heated debates among netizens, which became polarized between comments of support and racist slurs against Lou and her mother. This…
Getting in, Getting on, Getting out? Women as Career Scramblers in the UK film and Television Industries
This article looks at the predominance of freelancing in the film and television industries as a lens to examine the persistence of gender inequalities within these fields. Previous research has indicated that women fare better in larger organizations with more stable patterns of employment, and in this article we explore why that might be the case, by focusing on the experiences of female freelancers at a moment when project-based, precarious wo…
Idols and celebrity in Japanese media culture , by Patrick W. Galbraith and Jason G. Karlin
This collection of essays aims to update the field of ‘idology’ – the study of the phenomena of idols – within celebrity studies. The long existence of popular idols in Japan has only recently caug
East Asian Film Stars
Zhang Ziyi
The mainland Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi (b. 1979) graduated from the Central Academy of Drama (the top Chinese institute for acting) and was discovered by director Zhang Yimou, who cast her as the female lead in The Road Home/Wode fuqin muqin (literally, my father and mother, 1999). She was immediately picked up by Ang Lee and appeared in her breakthrough role in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon/Wohu canglong (2000). This chapter examines the stard…
Multimedia Stardom in Hong Kong
This book details original research into the practices and discourse of multimedia stardom alongside changing social and cultural landscapes in Hong Kong since 1980. It examines the cultural and sociological significance of stardom in the region, and the conditions which gave rise to such famous stars as Jackie Chan. This book elaborates the distinction between multimedia stardom and celebrity, asserting that in Hong Kong stardom has been central…
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt – A Chronotope of Postsocialist China
Cet article examine le film The Postmodern Life of My Aunt ( Yima de houxiandai shenghuo 姨妈的后现代生活, 2006, par Ann Hui), dans lequel la tante éponyme Ye Rutang est une femme de 60 ans vivant seule à Shanghai. Après une série de rencontres avec son neveu et avec des étrangers, Ye perd tout son argent et doit retourner à son ex-mari et sa fille à Anshan, province du Liaoning dans le nord-est de la Chine, où elle fait face à son passé douloureux – com…
Ann Hui's Song of the Exile
Audrey Yue, 2010, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, 148 pp. (pbk), ISBN 978-9888-02875-7 This short book is one of the latest titles in The New Hong Kong Cinema Series published by the Hong Ko
From Wah Dee to CEO
East Asian Cinemas
Cinemas from East Asia are among the most exciting and influential in the world. They are attracting popular and critical attention on a global scale, with films from the region circulating as art house, cult, blockbuster and ‘extreme’ cinema, or as Hollywood remakes. This book explores developments in the global popularity of East Asian cinema, from Chinese martial arts, through Japanese horror, to the burgeoning new Korean cinema, with particul…
Who could be an Oriental angel? Lou Jing, mixed heritage and the discourses of Chinese ethnicity
Lou Jing was born in Shanghai to a Chinese mother and an African American father. She never met her father as he left China before she was born, and so was brought up by her mother in a single-parent family. In 2009, Lou Jing entered the Shanghai Dragon TV’s talent show Go Oriental Angel! Lou’s skin colour engendered heated debates among netizens, which became polarized between comments of support and racist slurs against Lou and her mother. This…
Getting in, Getting on, Getting out? Women as Career Scramblers in the UK film and Television Industries
This article looks at the predominance of freelancing in the film and television industries as a lens to examine the persistence of gender inequalities within these fields. Previous research has indicated that women fare better in larger organizations with more stable patterns of employment, and in this article we explore why that might be the case, by focusing on the experiences of female freelancers at a moment when project-based, precarious wo…
Digital entrepreneurship in Taiwan and Thailand
This article examines the significance of digital entrepreneurship in East Asia as informal work, based on empirical research in Taiwan and Thailand. Digital entrepreneurs in East Asia can be thought of as a new class of ‘creative workers’ who aspire to the neoliberal ideals of the West that advocate free markets and individualism. While digital entrepreneurship offers low-cost opportunities, it also represents highly precarious careers. The tran…
Introduction
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt – A Chronotope of Postsocialist China
Cet article examine le film The Postmodern Life of My Aunt ( Yima de houxiandai shenghuo 姨妈的后现代生活, 2006, par Ann Hui), dans lequel la tante éponyme Ye Rutang est une femme de 60 ans vivant seule à Shanghai. Après une série de rencontres avec son neveu et avec des étrangers, Ye perd tout son argent et doit retourner à son ex-mari et sa fille à Anshan, province du Liaoning dans le nord-est de la Chine, où elle fait face à son passé douloureux – com…
East Asian Cinemas
Cinemas from East Asia are among the most exciting and influential in the world. They are attracting popular and critical attention on a global scale, with films from the region circulating as art house, cult, blockbuster and ‘extreme’ cinema, or as Hollywood remakes. This book explores developments in the global popularity of East Asian cinema, from Chinese martial arts, through Japanese horror, to the burgeoning new Korean cinema, with particul…
From Wah Dee to CEO
Ann Hui's Song of the Exile
Audrey Yue, 2010, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, 148 pp. (pbk), ISBN 978-9888-02875-7 This short book is one of the latest titles in The New Hong Kong Cinema Series published by the Hong Ko
Idols and celebrity in Japanese media culture , by Patrick W. Galbraith and Jason G. Karlin
This collection of essays aims to update the field of ‘idology’ – the study of the phenomena of idols – within celebrity studies. The long existence of popular idols in Japan has only recently caug
East Asian Film Stars
Zhang Ziyi
The mainland Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi (b. 1979) graduated from the Central Academy of Drama (the top Chinese institute for acting) and was discovered by director Zhang Yimou, who cast her as the female lead in The Road Home/Wode fuqin muqin (literally, my father and mother, 1999). She was immediately picked up by Ang Lee and appeared in her breakthrough role in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon/Wohu canglong (2000). This chapter examines the stard…
Multimedia Stardom in Hong Kong
This book details original research into the practices and discourse of multimedia stardom alongside changing social and cultural landscapes in Hong Kong since 1980. It examines the cultural and sociological significance of stardom in the region, and the conditions which gave rise to such famous stars as Jackie Chan. This book elaborates the distinction between multimedia stardom and celebrity, asserting that in Hong Kong stardom has been central…
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt – A Chronotope of Postsocialist China
Cet article examine le film The Postmodern Life of My Aunt ( Yima de houxiandai shenghuo 姨妈的后现代生活, 2006, par Ann Hui), dans lequel la tante éponyme Ye Rutang est une femme de 60 ans vivant seule à Shanghai. Après une série de rencontres avec son neveu et avec des étrangers, Ye perd tout son argent et doit retourner à son ex-mari et sa fille à Anshan, province du Liaoning dans le nord-est de la Chine, où elle fait face à son passé douloureux – com…
Who could be an Oriental angel? Lou Jing, mixed heritage and the discourses of Chinese ethnicity
Lou Jing was born in Shanghai to a Chinese mother and an African American father. She never met her father as he left China before she was born, and so was brought up by her mother in a single-parent family. In 2009, Lou Jing entered the Shanghai Dragon TV’s talent show Go Oriental Angel! Lou’s skin colour engendered heated debates among netizens, which became polarized between comments of support and racist slurs against Lou and her mother. This…
Getting in, Getting on, Getting out? Women as Career Scramblers in the UK film and Television Industries
This article looks at the predominance of freelancing in the film and television industries as a lens to examine the persistence of gender inequalities within these fields. Previous research has indicated that women fare better in larger organizations with more stable patterns of employment, and in this article we explore why that might be the case, by focusing on the experiences of female freelancers at a moment when project-based, precarious wo…
Women Writers in Postsocialist China, written by Kay Schaffer and Xianlin Song, 2014
The strengths of close ties
This article examines entrepreneurs who have started innovative Internet and mobile technology companies in Taiwan because they are at the forefront of industrial changes in the country. Similar to findings in Europe and the USA, education and careers in technology in Taiwan remain dominated by men. However, I argue that the gender inequality of the sector is partly the result of the fact that small new enterprises rely on family support and clos…
Introduction
Be creative
"In this exciting new book Angela McRobbie charts the 'euphoric' moment of the new creative economy, as it rose to prominence in the UK during the Blair years, and considers it from the perspective of contemporary experience of economic austerity and uncertainty about work and employment. McRobbie makes some bold arguments about the staging of creative economy as a mode of 'labour reform'; she proposes that the dispositif of creativity is a fine-…
Digital entrepreneurship in Taiwan and Thailand
This article examines the significance of digital entrepreneurship in East Asia as informal work, based on empirical research in Taiwan and Thailand. Digital entrepreneurs in East Asia can be thought of as a new class of ‘creative workers’ who aspire to the neoliberal ideals of the West that advocate free markets and individualism. While digital entrepreneurship offers low-cost opportunities, it also represents highly precarious careers. The tran…
Responses to health risk and suffering
Italy was one of the first European countries affected by the Covid-19 pandemic after the beginning of the outbreak in China in January 2020. Applying critical discourse analysis and theories of the mediation of suffering, this article explores the discursive strategies used by the Italian media to represent China and Chinese people in relation to the outbreak in the early stage of the pandemic. Employing the theoretical frameworks of Mary Dougla…
Female Convict Scorpion
This article focuses on Female Convict Scorpion, a Japanese women-in-prison film series (1972)(1973), which exemplifies studio-produced exploitation cinema.The series is influenced by the contemporaneous yakuza cycle and its anti-authoritarian social realist agenda.Produced during a time of rapid political-economic-social change in the country, the Female Convict Scorpion series combines exploitative content -the display of nudity, violence, and …
Changemakers Connecting the Global and the Local Experiences and Strategies of Taiwan-Based Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurs in the Early 2020s
This study qualitatively analyses Taiwan-based cultural and creative entrepreneurs’ responses to changes during the specific conjuncture of the early 2020s, and the significance of their experiences and business strategies to sustain their companies. While some encountered significant difficulties during this time, others have capitalised on the expansion of e-commerce during the Covid-19 pandemic. The analysis demonstrates the cultural and creat…
Sociology (13 obras) · Political science (10 obras) · Art (9 obras) · History (8 obras) · Gender Studies (7 obras) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (6 obras) · China (6 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Politics (5 obras) · Archaeology (4 obras)