Biography
Yanjie Wang is an Associate Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies & Coordinator for the Asian and Pacific Studies Program
Education (3)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Ph.D., East Asian Languages and Cultures
Chinese University of Hong Kong: M.Phil., Chinese Language and Literature
Peking University: B.A., Chinese Language and Literature (Summa Cum Laude)
Areas of Expertise (6)
Modern Chinese literature and culture
Chinese cinema
Displacement and Internal Migration
Trauma and Violence
Gender and Sexuality
Ecocinema
Articles (8)
Films of Refection and Nativity
Routledge Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature"Films of Refection and Nativity" in Ming Dong Gu ed, Routledge Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature. London & New York: Routledge, 2018. Pp. 462-474.
Ghostly Haunting and Moral Interrogation in Wang Xiaoshuai's Red Amnesia
Journal of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture"Ghostly Haunting and Moral Interrogation in Wang Xiaoshuai's Red Amnesia." Journal of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, 29. 2 (2017): 34-65
Trauma, Migrant family, and Neoliberal Fantasies in Last Train Home
Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies“Trauma, Migrant family, and Neoliberal Fantasies in Last Train Home.” Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies, 42.1 (2016): 49-72.
Violence, Wuxia, Migrants: Jia Zhangke’s Cinematic Discontent in A Touch of Sin.
Journal of Chinese Cinemas“Violence, Wuxia, Migrants: Jia Zhangke’s Cinematic Discontent in A Touch of Sin.” Journal of Chinese Cinemas, 9.2 (2015): 159-172.
Heterogeneous Time and Space: Han Shaogong’s Rethinking of Chinese Modernity
KronoScope: Journal for the Study of Time“Heterogeneous Time and Space: Han Shaogong’s Rethinking of Chinese Modernity.” KronoScope: Journal for the Study of Time, 15.1 (2015): 26-42.
Remapping Emotion and Desire: Same-Sex Romance in Ah Cheng’s The King of Chess
American Journal of Chinese Studies“Remapping Emotion and Desire: Same-Sex Romance in Ah Cheng’s The King of Chess.” American Journal of Chinese Studies, 21.1 (2014): 45-60.
Displaced in the Simulacrum: Migrant Workers and Urban Space in The World
Asian Cinema“Displaced in the Simulacrum: Migrant Workers and Urban Space in The World.” Asian Cinema, 22.1(2011): 152-169.
Contention of Lust, Caution: Sexuality, Visuality and Female Subjectivity
Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context“Contention of Lust, Caution: Sexuality, Visuality and Female Subjectivity,” Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context, 4 (2010): 41-60.