Category: Issue 46
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Not Written Words. Xi Xi (author), Jennifer Feeley (translator), Not Written Words, Zephyr Press and MCCM Creations, 2016. 152 pgs. Charles Bernstein in his essay in…
![[REVIEW] “Seeing Sounds and Tasting Words: Xi Xi’s πππ‘ ππππ‘π‘ππ πππππ ” by Jennifer Anne Eagleton](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/not-written-words-cha-an-asian-literary-journal.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Ang Kia Yee, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Che Qianzi (author), Yunte Huang (translator), No Poetry: Selected Poems of Che Qianzi, Polymorph Editions, 2019. 177 pgs. The poems in No…
![[REVIEW] “Loving Anarchy: A Review of No Poetry” by Ang Kia Yee](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/no-poetry.jpg?w=707)
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{Written by Frances An, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Sebastian Veg (editor), Popular Memories of the Mao Era: From Critical Debate to Reassessing History ζ―ζ代ηζ°ιθ¨ζΆοΌεΎζΉε€ζ§θΎ―θ«ε°ζ·ε²ηεθ©εΉ, Hong Kong University Press, 2019. 256 pgs.…
![[REVIEW] “Underground resilience in Popular Memories of the Mao Era” by Frances An](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/popular-memories-of-the-mao-era-from-critical-debate-to-reassessing-history.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Susan Blumberg-Kason, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Patricia O’Sullivan, Women, Crime and the Courts: Hong Kong 1841-1941, Blacksmith Books, 2020. 344 pgs. When the British took Hong Kong in 1841,…
![[REVIEW] “Not Hardened Criminals: A Review of Patrician O’Sullivan’s Women, Crime and the Courts” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2_women-crime-and-the-courts-hong-kong-1841-1941-800px-1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Yu MΓΌller, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Che Qianzi (author), Yunte Huang (translator), No Poetry: Selected Poems of Che Qianzi, Polymorph Editions, 2019. 177 pgs. Che Qianziβs bilingual poetry…
![[REVIEW] “Look at the Silence You See: A Review of Che Qianzi’s ππ ππππ‘π𦔠by Yu MΓΌller](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/no-poetry-selected-poems-of-che-qianzi.png?w=1024)
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πRETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ ChaΒ onΒ Strange Beasts. Yan Ge (author) and Jeremy Tiang (translator), Strange Beasts of China, Tilted Axis Press, 2020. 314 pgs. Strange Beasts of China begins with a…
![[REVIEW] “Asymmetric and Unexpected: A Review of ππ‘πππππ π΅πππ π‘π ππ πΆβπππ” by Ari Santiago](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/strange-beasts-of-china-1.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Andrew Barker, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Stephen Griffiths, The Kowloon English Club, Blacksmith Books, 2021. 292 pgs. Andrew Barker discusses Stephen Griffithsβs expat Hong Kong novel about a…
![[REVIEW] “The Expatriate, Itinerant Underclass: A Review of Stephen Griffiths’s πβπ πΎππ€ππππ πΈπππππ β πΆππ’π” by Andrew Barker](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/the-kowloon-english-club.png?w=1024)
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πRETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Strange Beasts. Yan Ge (author) and Jeremy Tiang (translator), Strange Beasts of China, Tilted Axis Press, 2020. 314 pgs. Each of the stories in Yan Geβs…
![[REVIEW] “The Unconcealed Rebellion, Cynicism, Bravery and Romanticism of Being Painfully Young: Yan Ge’s ππ‘πππππ π΅πππ π‘π ππ πΆβπππ” by Jacqueline Leung](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/strange-beasts-of-china.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Alana Leilani Teves Cabrera-Narciso, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Matthew Schneider-Mayerson (editor), Eating Chilli Crab in the Anthropocene: Environment Perspectives on Life in Singapore, Ethos Books, 2020. 276 pgs.…
![[REVIEW] “Greenwashed: A Review of πΈππ‘πππ πΆβππππ πΆπππ ππ π‘βπ π΄ππ‘βππππππππ” by Alana Leilani Teves Cabrera-Narciso](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/eating-chilli-crab-in-the-anthropocene-environment-perspectives-on-life-in-singapore-1.png?w=1024)
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Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Carlos Rojas (special issue editor), Method as Method, V16: N2 of Prism: Theory and Modern Chinese Literature. Duke University Press, 2019. Twenty years ago, as a graduate student newly arrived in the…
![[REVIEW] “Theories, Methods, Objects, and Localities: A Review of Method as Method” by Liang Luo](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/prism_method-as-method.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Susan Blumberg-Kason, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Travis S. K. Kong, Oral Histories of Older Gay Men in Hong Kong: Unspoken but Unforgotten η·η·ζ£ε³οΈ°ι¦ζΈ―εΉ΄ι·η·εεΏε£θΏ°ε², Hong Kong University Press, 2019.…
![[REVIEW] “See How Much I Love You: Reviewing Travis S. K. Kong’s ππππ π»ππ π‘πππππ ππ πππππ πΊππ¦ πππ ππ π»πππ πΎπππ” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/oral-histories-of-older-gay-men-in-hong-kong_travis-s-k-kong.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Joshua Bird, this review is part of Issue 46 ofΒ Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} John Fitzgerald and Hon-ming Yip (editors), Chinese Diaspora Charity and the Cantonese Pacific 1850-1949 θ―εζ εθη°ε€ͺεΉ³ζ΄εη廣ζ±δΊΊδΈη 1850β1949, Hong Kong University Press, 2020.…
![[REVIEW] “Building Bridges Across Both Countries and Cultures: A Review of Chinese Diaspora Charity and the Cantonese Pacific 1850-1949” by Joshua Bird](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-diaspora-charity-and-the-cantonese.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Vania Tabanelli, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} JinJin Xu, There Is Still Singing in the Afterlife, Radix Media, 2020. 35 pgs. JinJin Xu is a writer and filmmaker…
![[REVIEW] “A Laboratory of Fine Imagery: Reviewing JinJin Xu’s There Is Still Singing in the Afterlife” by Vania Tabanelli](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/there-is-still-singing-in-the-afterlife-by-jinjin-xu-1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Tammy Lai-Ming Ho, Too Too Too Too, Math Paper Press, 2018. 100 pgs. Tammy Lai-Ming Hoβs second book of poems, Too Too Too Too, is a book of tensionsβbetween the styles of poetry…
![[REVIEW] “Too Too Too Too Is Not Too Much” by Lucas Klein](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/too-too-too-too-by-tammy-lai-ming-ho-math-paper-press.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Elaine Chiew, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Hongwei Bao, Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature And Visual Culture Under Postsocialism, Routledge (London & New York, 2020), 213 pgs. Shaping…
![[REVIEW] βHongwei Bao’s Queer China Under Neoliberalism with Socialist Characteristicsβ by Elaine Chiew](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/queer-china-lesbian-and-gay-literature-and-visual-culture-under-postsocialism-1.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Frances An, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Ping Zhu, Zhuoyi Wang, and Jason McGrath (editors),Β Maoist Laughter (ζ―ζ代ηη¬), Hong Kong University Press, 2019. 232 pgs. Accounts of communist terrorβfor example,…
![[REVIEW] “Psychological infiltration in Maoist Laughter” by Frances An](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/maoist-laughter_hong-kong-university-press.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Anya Goncharova, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Jennifer Wong,Β Diary of a Miu Miu Salesgirl, Bitter Melon θ¦η, 2019. 20 pgs. Life is a series of memory fragments that piece…
![[REVIEW] “In-between the Inbetween: Jennifer Wong’s A Diary of a Miu Miu Salesgirl” by Anya Goncharova](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/diary-of-a-miu-miu-salesgirl-by-jennifer-wong.jpeg?w=1024)
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{Written by Susan Blumberg-Kason, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} David Chaffetz, Three Asian Divas: Women, Art and Culture in Shiraz, Delhi and Yangzhou, Abbreviated Press, 2019. 88 pgs. When one thinks of the…
![[REVIEW] “At the Centre of the Arts: A Review of David Chaffetz’s Three Asian Divas” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/three-asian-divas_david-chaffetz_abbreviated-press.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Aaron Chan, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Tammy Lai-Ming Ho, Too Too Too Too, Math Paper Press, 2018. 100 pgs. Tammy Lai-Ming Hoβs second poetry collection Too Too Too…
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{Written by Susan Blumberg-Kason, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Peter Gordon and Juan JosΓ© Morales, Painter and Patron: The Maritime Silk Road in the CΓ³dice Casanatense, Abbreviated Press, 2020. 102…
![[REVIEW] “Quite Connected Centuries Ago: Reviewing Peter Gordon and Juan JosΓ© Morales’s Painter and Patron” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/painter-and-patron.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Ash Dean, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Lan Lan (author), Fiona Sze-Lorrain (translator), Canyon in the Body, Zephyr Press, 2014. 208 pgs. Carrying, unzipping, stuffing, rezipping, Stowingβ I am…
![[REVIEW] “Fine Lines of Meteorology: Lan Lan’s πΆπππ¦ππ ππ π‘βπ π΅ππ𦔠by Ash Dean](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lan-lan_canyon-in-the-body_fiona-sze-lorrain.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Fathima M, this review is part of Issue 46 ofΒ Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} David Chaffetz, Three Asian Divas: Women, Art and Culture in Shiraz, Delhi and Yangzhou, Abbreviated Press, 2019. 88 pgs. Culture and cultural…
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{Written by Sucharita Dutta-Asane, this review is part of Issue 46 ofΒ Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} H.S. Shivaprakash (author) and Kamalakar Bhat (editor), The Word in the World: Essays and Lectures on Indian Literature and Aesthetics, Manipal…
![[REVIEW] “A Cosmopolitan Breadth of Vision: A Review of Essays and Lectures on Indian Literature and Aesthetics” by Sucharita Dutta-Asane](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/the-word-in-the-world_hs-shivaprakash.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Susan Blumberg-Kason, this review is part of Issue 46 ofΒ Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Antony Dapiran, City on Fire: the Fight for Hong Kong, Scribe, 2020. 336 pgs. In June 1987, my father and I…
![[REVIEW] “Unique Strength of Hong Kong People: A Review of Antony Dapiran’s City on Fire” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/city-on-fire-the-fight-for-hong-kong-antony-dapiran.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Brian Haman, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Dai Congrong and Jin Li (editors), The Book of Shanghai: A City in Short Fiction, Comma Press, 2020. 150 pgs.…
![[REVIEW] “An Ever-present Labyrinth: Reviewing The Book of Shanghai” by Brian Haman](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/book-of-shanghai-a-city-in-short-fiction.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Matt Turner, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} David Clark, China-Art-Modernity: A Critical Introduction to Chinese Visual Expression from the Beginning of the Twentieth Century to the Present…
![[REVIEW] “Experiments in Form: A Review of David Clark’s πΆβπππβπ΄ππ‘βππππππππ‘𦔠by Matt Turner](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/david-clarke_china-art-modernity.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Phill Provance, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Joshua Eric Williams, The Strangest Conversation, Red Moon Press, 2019. 64 pgs. Joshua Eric Williamsβs collection of Western free-form haiku,…
![[REVIEW] “Into the White: A Review of Joshua Eric Williamsβs The Strangest Conversation” by Phill Provance](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/the-stranggest-conversation.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Quenntis Ashby, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Phill Provance, A Plan in Case of Morning, Vine Leaves Press, 2020. 78 pgs. Editors’ note: This title will be…
![[REVIEW] “A Profound Sense of Growth: Phill Provance’s A Plan in Case of Morning” by Quenntis Ashby](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/phill-provance-a-plan-in-case-of-morning-1.jpg?w=532)
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{Written by Kiran Bhat, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Christopher New, Chinese Spring, Contraband, 2019. 279 pgs. There is a reason why, in certain cultures, we view life as…
![[REVIEW] “Ebbs and Flows of History: A Review of Christopher New’s Chinese Spring” by Kiran Bhat](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chinese-spring_christopher-new.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Emma Zhang, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Jung Chang, Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China, Penguin Random House, 2019.…
![[REVIEW] “The World for One Family: A Review of Jung Changβs π΅ππ πππ π‘ππ, πΏππ‘π‘ππ πππ π‘ππ, π
ππ πππ π‘ππ” by Emma Zhang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/big-sister-little-sister-red-sister-three-women-at-the-heart-of-twentieth-century-china-1.jpg?w=1024)
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