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‘Incorrigible Jacobins’: Hazlitt’s Engagement with German Literature (2020)
Journal Article
Oergel, M. (2020). ‘Incorrigible Jacobins’: Hazlitt’s Engagement with German Literature. Hazlitt Review, 13(1),

The fact that William Hazlitt engaged closely with contemporary German literature throughout his life has so far not received any detailed attention in Hazlitt research. The essay focuses on Hazlitt's assessment of German drama put forward in his thi... Read More about ‘Incorrigible Jacobins’: Hazlitt’s Engagement with German Literature.

(Standard) Language Ideology and Regional Putonghua in Chinese Social Media: A View from Weibo (2020)
Journal Article
Zhao, H., & Liu, H. (2021). (Standard) Language Ideology and Regional Putonghua in Chinese Social Media: A View from Weibo. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 42(9), 882-896. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2020.1814310

Despite having numerous Chinese language varieties and non-Chinese ethnic minority languages, China is often considered a monolingual nation (Liang 2015, 154). The country's strong monolingual language policy heavily promotes a single standard langua... Read More about (Standard) Language Ideology and Regional Putonghua in Chinese Social Media: A View from Weibo.

Cultivating the Classical Style: The Stanford-Denver Creative Writing Axis (2020)
Journal Article
Hutchison, A. (2020). Cultivating the Classical Style: The Stanford-Denver Creative Writing Axis. MFS: Modern Fiction Studies, 66(3), 474-498. https://doi.org/10.1353/mfs.2020.0022

Recent scholarship has done much to reveal the influence of the institutionalisation of creative writing on US literary culture in the post World War II. This article seeks to contribute to this emergent field by drawing attention to the distinct for... Read More about Cultivating the Classical Style: The Stanford-Denver Creative Writing Axis.

Language standards, standardisation and standard ideologies in multilingual contexts (2020)
Journal Article
McLelland, N. (2021). Language standards, standardisation and standard ideologies in multilingual contexts. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 42(2), 109-124. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2019.1708918

This essay-which also serves as an introduction to the six other articles which make up this special issue-examines the development of the field of language standardisation studies in recent decades. First, it notes the change in focus occasioned by... Read More about Language standards, standardisation and standard ideologies in multilingual contexts.

Poetry on Eating Disorders in Men (2020)
Book Chapter
Bartel, H. (2020). Poetry on Eating Disorders in Men. In P. Crawford, B. Brown, & A. Charise (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Health Humanities (248-254). Routledge

Performing Gender in Chinese Cinema (2019)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2019). Performing Gender in Chinese Cinema. In Routledge Handbook of Gender in East Asia Gender StudiesTaylor & Francis (Routledge)

In this chapter, I trace a brief genealogy of how Chinese cinema engages with the issue of gender. In doing so, I examine how gender has been represented and constructed through the cinematic apparatus in different eras of modern Chinese history. I s... Read More about Performing Gender in Chinese Cinema.

Queer History, Culture, and Activism in China: A Conversation with Queer Filmmaker and Activist He Xiaopei (2019)
Journal Article
BAO, H. (2019). Queer History, Culture, and Activism in China: A Conversation with Queer Filmmaker and Activist He Xiaopei. Made in China Journal, 4(1), 96-105

He Xiaopei (何小培) is a leading queer feminist filmmaker, activist, and director of Beijing-based NGO Pink Space, an NGO dedicated to promoting sexual rights and gender equality. Her films include The Lucky One ( 宠儿, 2012), Our Marriages: Lesbians... Read More about Queer History, Culture, and Activism in China: A Conversation with Queer Filmmaker and Activist He Xiaopei.