Texts and Videos: Required and Extras

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Morris and Hjort, Introduction: Instituting Cultural Studies

Meaghan Morris and Mette Hjort, ‘Introduction: Instituting Cultural Studies” from Morris and Hjort, eds, Creativity and Academic Activism, Duke UP and Hong Kong UP, 2012, pp. 1-20.

Wong, 'The Politics of Sexual Identity and Evangelical Activism'

Angela Wong Wai-ching, “The politics of sexual morality and evangelical activism in Hong Kong”, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Vol. 14, No. 3 (2013), 340–360.

Paik: The 60th anniversary of the Bandung Conference and Asia

Wondam Paik (2016) The 60th anniversary of the Bandung Conference and Asia, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 17:1, 148-157.

Chua, ‘Return to/of the Political Popular in Asia’

CHUA Beng Huat, ‘Return to/of the Political Popular in Asia’ [unpublished paper, 2015]

Ding, “Cold Sex Wars in Taiwan”

Ding Naifei, “Cold Sex Wars in Taiwan”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. L, No. 17 (April 25, 2015), 56-62.

Ho, 'Asian Modernity and its Gendered Vulnerabilities'

Josephine Ho (2008), “Asian Modernity and its Gendered Vulnerabilities” NIAS Nytt; Jun 2008; 1; ProQuest Social Science Journals, pp 9-11

Grossberg, ‘The Fate of Knowledge’

Lawrence Grossberg, ‘Chapter 2—The Fate of Knowledge’ from 'We All Want to Change the World: The Paradox of the US Left, A Polemic', Lawrence & Wishart, 2015, https://www.lwbooks.co.uk/book/we-all-want-change-world

Crenshawe, “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex”

Kimberley Crenshawe, “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex”, The University of Chicago Legal Forum (1989), 139-168.

Medoruma, ‘Droplets’

Medoruma, Shun. ‘Droplets’. In Michael Malaksi and Steve Rabson, eds, Southern Exposure: Modern Japanese Literature from Okinawa. University of Hawaii Press, 2000, pp. 254-285.

Medoruma, ‘Hope’

Medoruma, Shun. ‘Hope’. Trans. Steve Rabson. Japan Policy Research Institute Vol. VI No. 12 (December 1999), www.jpri.org

Garcia, “Nativism or Universalism”

J.Neil Garcia, “Nativism or universalism”, Kritika Kultura 20 (2013), 50-68.

Enwezor, ‘The Artist as Producer in Times of Crisis'

Enwezor, Okwui, 2004, ‘The Artist as Producer in Times of Crisis’ http://www.darkmatterarchives.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Enwezor.AuthorProd..pdf Accessed Jan 24th, 2016

Niranjana and Vasudevan, 'The Reorganisation of Desire: Cultural Lives of Young Women in Globalising India'

Tejaswini Niranjana and Nitya Vasudevan, “The Reorganisation of Desire: Cultural Lives of Young Women in Globalising India”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. LI, No. 14 (April 2, 2016), 70-78

Sit and Wong, ‘Rural China: From Modernization to Reconstruction’

Tsui SIT and Tak Hong WONG, ‘Rural China: From Modernization to Reconstruction’, Asian Studies, 49:1 (2013), 43-68.

‘The May 18 Democratic Uprising in Gwangju’

‘The May 18 Democratic Uprising in Gwangju’, The May 18 Memorial Foundation.

Yasih and Alamsyah, The Paradox of Virtual Youth Politics, Inside Indonesia'

Yasih, Diatyka Widya Permata and Andi Rahman Alamsyah (2014) The Paradox of Virtual Youth Politics, Inside Indonesia, http://www.insideindonesia.org/the-paradox-of-virtual-youth-politics

Benjamin, ‘The Author as Producer’

Benjamin, Walter, 1934, ‘The Author as Producer’ in Understanding Brecht, Verso, 1998, 85-103

Wang, ''The Future that Belongs to Us:' Affective Politics, Neoliberalism, and the Sunflower Movement'

Chih-ming WANG, ‘“The Future that Belongs to Us:” Affective Politics, Neoliberalism, and the Sunflower Movement’ [unpublished paper, 2015]

Zhang, ‘An Elaborative Argumentation of a “Nong Country”

ZHANG Shi Zhao, ‘An Elaborative Argumentation of a “Nong Country” (Xin Wen Newspaper, 1st & 2nd, Nov. 1923)

Gaines, 'Political Mimesis'

Jane Gaines, 'Political Mimesis', in Jane M. Gaines and Michael Renov (eds), Collecting Visible Evidence, Minneapolis" university of Minnesota Press, 1999, pgs 84-102

Dhanraj et al, 'An Action Framework for South Asia'

Deepa Dhanraj, Geetanjali Misra and Srilatha Batliwala, 'An Action Framework for South Asia', in Joanna Kerr, Ellen Sprenger and Alison Symington (eds.) The Future of Women's Rights: Global Visions and Strategies, London/New York: Zed Books, 2004, pgs 80-96

Highmore, Ben, 'Doing Time: Work-Life'

Highmore, Ben, 'Doing Time: Work-life', from Ordinary Life: Studies in the Everyday, Routledge, 2011: pg 86-113.

Writings by Rosa Luxemburg

WRITINGS BY ROSA LUXEMBURG (1871-1919) 1. From The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg trans. George Shiver (Kindle Locations 8788-8789). Verso, 2011. Kindle Edition. [MM: Sprawa Robotnicza was a socialist magazine in Paris 1893-96)}

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Tammy Cheung, July (2004, 70 minutes)

with English subtitles, without subtitles

Tan Pin Pin, To Singapore, With Love (2014, 70 minutes)

Deepa Dhanraj, Something Like a War (2003, 63 minutes)

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Bloch, Lukacs, Brecht, Benjami, Adorno, Jameson, 'Aesthetics and Politics'

Aesthetics and Politics: Debates between Bloch, Lukacs, Brecht, Benjamin and Adorno, Trans. Ed. Ronald Taylor (London: Verso, 1977).

Arondekar, 'In the Absence of Reliable Ghosts'

Anjali Arondekar, “In the Absence of Reliable Ghosts: Sexuality, Historiography, South Asia”, Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies, 25:3 (2015), 98-121.

Gramsci, 'Selections from the Prison Notebooks'

Antonio Gramsci, “The Modern Prince” in Selections from the Prison Notebooks ed. and trans. by Quintin Hoare and Geoffrey Nowell Smith (New York: International Publishers 1971), 123-205.

Highmore, 'Social Aesthetics'

Ben Highmore, ‘Social Aesthetics’ in John R. Hall, Laura Grindstaff and Ming-Cheng Lo, eds, Handbook of Cultural Sociology (London and New York: Routledge, 2010), 155-16.

Kim, 'Feminization of the 2002 World Cup and women's fandom'

Kim Hyun Mee, “Feminization of the 2002 World Cup and women’s fandom”, in Niranjana and Wang (eds.), Genealogies of the Asian Present: Situating Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Delhi: Orient Blackswan (2015), 535-550.

Yoneyama, 'Liberation under Siege: U.S. Military Occupation and Japanese Women's Enfranchisement'

Lisa Yoneyama, “Liberation under Siege: U.S. Military Occupation and Japanese Women's Enfranchisement”, in Niranjana and Wang (eds.), Genealogies of the Asian Present: Situating Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Delhi: Orient Blackswan (2015), 405-435.

Kapur, 'Multi-tasking Queer: Reflections on the Possibilities of Homosexual Dissidence in Law'

Ratna Kapur, “Multi-tasking Queer”, Jindal Global Law Review, 4:1 (Aug 2012), 36-59.

Chen, Wang, and Chan, 'From Creativity and Academic Activism'

From Creativity and Academic Activism: Instituting Cultural Studies ed. Meaghan Morris and Mette Hjort (Duke UP and Hong Kong UP, 2012): Kuan-Hsing Chen, ‘Social Movements, Cultural Studies, and Institutions: On the Shifting Conditions of Practices’, 41-53. Wang Xiaoming, ‘Three Tough Questions of Cultural Studies: The Case of the Program in Cultural Studies at the University of Shanghai’, 89-104. Stephen Ching-kiu Chan, ‘Doing Cultural Studies: Critique, Pedagogy, and the Pragmatics of Cultural Education in Hong Kong’, 105-124.

Yan, 'Spectralisation of the Rural: Reinterpreting the Labour Mobility of Rural Young Women in Post-Mao China'

Yan Hairong, “Spectralization of the Rural: Reinterpreting the Labour Mobility of Rural Young Women in Post-Mao China”, in Niranjana and Wang (eds.), Genealogies of the Asian Present: Situating Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Delhi: Orient Blackswan (2015), 436-480.

Berry, 'Hong Kong Watcher: Tammy Cheung and the Hong Kong Documentary'

Chris Berry, 'Hong Kong Watcher: Tammy Cheung and the Hong Kong Documentary', in Kam Louie et al. (ed.) Hong Kong Culture: Word and Image. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2010, pgs 213-228

Tan Pin Pin, 'Singapore Ga Ga Tours Singapore'

Tan Pin Pin, 'Singapore Ga Ga Tours Singapore' in Tilman Baumgartel ed. Southeast Asian Independent Cinema: Hong Kong, Hong Kong U Press, 2012, pg 131-139

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