This work is an exploration of how racialized characters operate in"After you,My Dear Alphonse"and"Flower Garden"of Shirley Jackson.In each of these stories,a white female gets frustrated when she ...This work is an exploration of how racialized characters operate in"After you,My Dear Alphonse"and"Flower Garden"of Shirley Jackson.In each of these stories,a white female gets frustrated when she encounters a black person,and her whiteness—a network of presumptions,emotional expectations,and prejudices that delineates her gender identity is also gradually collapsing.Through the lenses of race and gender,we can see the author’s observation and insight of the status of the individual female in the mid-20th century America.展开更多
The gaze is a means of power that can flow through family relationships.It has intense regulatory overtones.In her short story Mr.Tang’s Girls,Malaysian-Chinese Anglophone diasporic writer Shirley Geok-lin Lim shows ...The gaze is a means of power that can flow through family relationships.It has intense regulatory overtones.In her short story Mr.Tang’s Girls,Malaysian-Chinese Anglophone diasporic writer Shirley Geok-lin Lim shows the conflict between Eastern and Western cultures and the resistance of women under the oppression of patriarchy through the portrayal of the father,Ah Kong,and the eldest daughter,Kim Li.Based on Foucault’s discipline gaze and Hooks’oppositional gaze,this article analyzes the power operation in the story from the following three aspects:the male gaze,discipline and self-discipline,and the oppositional gaze.Kim Li’s subjective image of breaking free from male ownership control has been presented.It suggests the difficulties encountered by female groups in their rebellion against the male gaze and their pursuit of freedom and emancipation.It also reflects the tragedy of awakening women’s destinies under the dual oppression of patriarchy and the East-Westen cultural conflict.展开更多
A leading voice on China's role in the global economy,Dr.Shirley Yu is highly sought after whenever China is making global headlines(which is often).With a PhD in Political Economy from Peking University and a Mas...A leading voice on China's role in the global economy,Dr.Shirley Yu is highly sought after whenever China is making global headlines(which is often).With a PhD in Political Economy from Peking University and a Master's degree in Government from Harvard,Yu's career has taken"China risk is the corporate risk of failing to get China right,when massive commercial interests are derived from China"her from Wall Street to a leading news anchor role in China and much more.展开更多
Although many Chinese scholars have concentrated on Jane Eyre, yet few of them have made research on the other works of Charlotte Bronte. This paper will analyze Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette in terms of ambiguity o...Although many Chinese scholars have concentrated on Jane Eyre, yet few of them have made research on the other works of Charlotte Bronte. This paper will analyze Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette in terms of ambiguity of gender, in order to disclose the writing career of Charlotte and the influence that she has placed on the latter women writers.展开更多
My wife Shirley and I have gone on holidays to a quiet beach for most of our married life. If that beach could talk, it would tell of teenage newlyweds who sunned and wrote "I love you" on its sands. It woul...My wife Shirley and I have gone on holidays to a quiet beach for most of our married life. If that beach could talk, it would tell of teenage newlyweds who sunned and wrote "I love you" on its sands. It would tell of a little girl with eyes the colour of the sea gathering seashells and of three wild boys leaping and diving into the surf. It would tell展开更多
文摘This work is an exploration of how racialized characters operate in"After you,My Dear Alphonse"and"Flower Garden"of Shirley Jackson.In each of these stories,a white female gets frustrated when she encounters a black person,and her whiteness—a network of presumptions,emotional expectations,and prejudices that delineates her gender identity is also gradually collapsing.Through the lenses of race and gender,we can see the author’s observation and insight of the status of the individual female in the mid-20th century America.
文摘The gaze is a means of power that can flow through family relationships.It has intense regulatory overtones.In her short story Mr.Tang’s Girls,Malaysian-Chinese Anglophone diasporic writer Shirley Geok-lin Lim shows the conflict between Eastern and Western cultures and the resistance of women under the oppression of patriarchy through the portrayal of the father,Ah Kong,and the eldest daughter,Kim Li.Based on Foucault’s discipline gaze and Hooks’oppositional gaze,this article analyzes the power operation in the story from the following three aspects:the male gaze,discipline and self-discipline,and the oppositional gaze.Kim Li’s subjective image of breaking free from male ownership control has been presented.It suggests the difficulties encountered by female groups in their rebellion against the male gaze and their pursuit of freedom and emancipation.It also reflects the tragedy of awakening women’s destinies under the dual oppression of patriarchy and the East-Westen cultural conflict.
文摘A leading voice on China's role in the global economy,Dr.Shirley Yu is highly sought after whenever China is making global headlines(which is often).With a PhD in Political Economy from Peking University and a Master's degree in Government from Harvard,Yu's career has taken"China risk is the corporate risk of failing to get China right,when massive commercial interests are derived from China"her from Wall Street to a leading news anchor role in China and much more.
文摘Although many Chinese scholars have concentrated on Jane Eyre, yet few of them have made research on the other works of Charlotte Bronte. This paper will analyze Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette in terms of ambiguity of gender, in order to disclose the writing career of Charlotte and the influence that she has placed on the latter women writers.
文摘My wife Shirley and I have gone on holidays to a quiet beach for most of our married life. If that beach could talk, it would tell of teenage newlyweds who sunned and wrote "I love you" on its sands. It would tell of a little girl with eyes the colour of the sea gathering seashells and of three wild boys leaping and diving into the surf. It would tell
