112th Annual Conference - Riverside Convention Center, California
Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2, 2014

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Asian Literature II

Session Chair: 
Nathanael Booth, University of Alabama
Time: 
Session 5: Saturday 8:45-10:15am
Location: 
RCC Meeting Room 1
Topic Area: 
Asian Literature

Presenters/Papers:

  1. Appearance and Transcendence—Nuances of “shen” in Shishuo xinyu

    Jiayao Wang, University of South Carolina
    Shishuo xinyu(A New Account of Tales of the World, ca. 430) records observed and deftly articulated world of variations on human sensations, perceptions and actions. In my paper, I will concentrate on the nuances of shen 神, arguing that within the context of shishuo, the understanding of shen must be put into its embodiment in appearance and transcendence, which contributes to its later appearance in aesthetic understanding.

  2. Camptown Biopolitics and Korean Camptown Women's Activism in An Il-sun's Mudflat

    Seonna Kim, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    I examine the biopolitical production of Korean camptown women’s bodies in the ROK-US alliance and analyze An Il-sun’s novel Mudflat (Bbaetbeol) that imagines Korean camptown (kijichon) women’s alternative activism.

  3. History, Trauma and Dead Bodies’ Return: Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost and Contemporary Sri Lankan Art

    Ji Nang Kim, Texas A&M University
    Discussing Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost and Sri Lankan visual arts that deal with the Sri Lankan Civil War, this project investigates how these cultural products create a spectral vision of a nation and the world in relation to history, trauma and bodies. 
Session Cancelled: 
No