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Haiku's Reception And Practice In Contemporary North American Poetry, Ayako Takahashi, Judy Halebsky

English and Creative Writing | Faculty Scholarship

In the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the Meiji government implemented a wealth and military strength policy. This policy invited employed foreigners from western countries to Japan in order to modernize the nation by importing western laws, technologies and systems. Through these employed foreigners, Japanese literacy and literature were abruptly introduced into western countries. The translation of haiku in French influenced Symbolist poets and the translation in English also greatly influenced Imagist poets in England and the United States. The term haiku, it has been used since Shiki Masaoka. Before him, the words of haikai and hokku were brought into use …

Asia Pacific Perspectives Vol. 14 No. 1, Fall 2016, University Of San Francisco

Asia Pacific Perspectives

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Editor's Introduction by Melissa Dale

This special issue presents five papers focused on themes related to the social history of medicine and contemporary cultural understandings of disease and patients' lived experiences in the Asia Pacific.

Rethinking Breast Mountain (Yuam): Surgical Treatments of Breast Cancer in South Korea, 1959-1993 by Soyoung Suh

This article analyzes premodern Korean medical treatises, professional surgical journals, and patient memoirs to expand our understanding of surgical treatment of breast cancer between 1959 and 1993 in South Korea. This essay discusses changing historical connotations of breast ailments, treatments, and surgical interventions. Although the depiction of breast …

Discovering The Lotus On This Shore: A Reading Of Kenji Miyazawa's "Okhotsk Elegy", Jon P. Holt

World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations

Miyazawa wrote stories and poems in order to help others understand, venerate, and propagate the Lotus. In doing so, he created works that are both very Japanese and very worldly.

The Effect Of Neighborhood Size And Morphology In The Chinese Language, Long Nguyen

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The Neighborhood Size Effect (NSE), characterized as the effect in word determination based on changing one orthographic aspect of that word. The amount of words that can be created through such manipulation is called a neighborhood size (NS). Number of other factors such as frequency, how often a word appears and morphology, the combination of meaningful word units, have been suggested to have an overriding effect on NSE. In addition, there is a lack of research on NSE with non-alphabetical languages such as Chinese, which uses characters comprising of a multitude of semantic or phonetic markers. In this experiment, participants …

The Determinants Of Childbirth Grants Of Local Governments In South Korea, Gi-Jung Kim

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Declining fertility is one of the top policy issues in South Korea. To increase the birth rate, the government of South Korea has been enacting several fertility encouragement polices. Although almost all of the birth encouragement policies have been led by the central government, a childbirth grant program was developed by primary local governments themselves. The grant levels vary significantly between local governments.

I examine what explains the differences in the childbirth grant level by analyzing twelve years (2004-2015) of panel data with a fixed-effects model. Prior studies indicate that the extent of demand for a policy and the availability …

流年, Leung Chau

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同一片土地，兩個迴異的時代。兩個不同的故事，一個相同的結局。在這個城市裏，是時代呼應了我們，還是我們呼應了時代？反反覆覆，七百萬人過着一樣的人生。

流年似水，在這片土地上，每個人的「流年」都被關在同一個時空裏，大家不能掌控自己的命運。然而，這個封閉的小世界，卻是每個人心中追尋夢想的舞台。

夢起夢逝，最終都是南柯一夢，不能圓夢。

從《說文‧木部》分析中國古代農業及手工業的發展情況, Siu Fan Lo

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本文以《說文‧木部》的字為核心研究範圍，透過考證其字義，結合西方社會分工論中第二次社會大分工的概念，並以相關史料佐證，分析中國古代農業與手工業的面貌及發展情況。

《說文‧木部》收錄的字主要可分為農業類及手工業類，這兩大類之下可再細分為樹木名稱類、果實類、樹木結構類、農業工具類、交通工具類、軍事刑具類、建築類、日常生活類、傢具類、喪葬死亡類及祭祀禮樂類，總共十一類。這些字例能在一定程度上反映東漢或以前農業與手工業的面貌及發展情況，結合史料佐證，更完整地還原當時農業與手工業的面貌及發展情況。

探析「簋」的字形變化及其文化意義, Yim Ping Leung

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簋，常用卻鮮為人所熟知的字。據現代漢語，或廣東方言所理解的「簋」，已由盛飯器具引申為盛食物的用具，如九大簋，即粵俗所言的盛宴。可見「簋」作為飲食器具所反映的飲食文化，至今仍是影響我們。雖現時隸寫的「簋」仍循小篆發展而來，是一會意字，但其字形、字音、字義及文化都經過了相當繁複的發展，當中涉及古字、假借字，異體字等等的影響而成今天的「簋」。由其字形演變，亦可略見食器反映的相關文化。

「簋」的字源相當複雜，支流繁多，不同時期涉及不同的字形。「簋」由甲骨文的象形字，到金文假借至另一個會意字，另出現了為「簋」而創的形聲專字，影響後期小篆的字形發展，今變為从竹、从皿、从皀的「簋」字。其字源、字形、字音及其相關的異體字一直是眾學家研究的方向，有關的研究亦不少。雖然學界大致認同其字義是食具之義，但對其字形變化的解釋卻有所差異，亦沒有詳細述論現今「簋」字的形成之因。

故本文簡單從縱向的方法整理出不同學者對「簋」字形、字義、字音的解釋，分析他們的相同及相異之處，嘗試整理出較為合理，能貫穿「簋」的字形及文化之義的解釋；重點補充「簋」金文與小篆之間的戰國文字，以及食器「簋」的功用演變，嘗試以字形及文化解釋其後形成小篆「簋」的字形之因，清楚梳理「簋」的字例演變。略說「簋」與其異體字的字形、字音的關係。望能更進一步的補充「簋」的形，音，義，以及找出書寫現今「簋」字从竹、从皿、从皀之因。

「妒」與「療妒」、「靈」與「慾」 : 論《聊齋誌異》的〈江城〉、〈邵女〉與〈馬介甫〉, Yi Wang Chan

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清人蒲松齡所寫的《聊齋誌異》以幻寫實，以故事反映社會百態。當中以妒婦為題的故事不小，明顯描述的約有十八篇。從其「療妒懲悍」的歷程可見女性心理與行為的轉變，反映當代女性的精神面貌。過往多討論《聊齋誌異》中妒婦的形象、社會制度對妒婦的影響、療妒的手段與蒲松齡對妒婦的態度等，較少深入探討女主人公的心理轉變，尤其欠缺西方心理學理論分析。故此，女主人公的心理層面具探討價值。

本文將從四部分分析〈江城〉、〈邵女〉與〈馬介甫〉。第一部分將簡述妒婦的定義，以及妒與悍的關係。第二部分將分析「療妒懲悍」故事與清代社會的關係及其意義，以史實助證。第三部分將以誘因、施暴與療妒懲悍，剖析三篇故事的女主人「療妒懲悍」的歷程，以便下文討論妒婦的精神面貌與內心的慾望。最後，第四部分將採用佛洛依德 (Sigmund Freud) 本我 (id) 、自我 (ego) 與超我 (superego) 的理論及施虐狂 (sadism) 之說分析，以西方學說闡釋妒婦的心理及其行為轉變的原因，重新探討她們的想望與困境。

論柳永詞中的女性形象及其文化意蘊, Fuk Yung Lee

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柳永（987-1058）為北宋前期詞人，他「變舊聲作新聲」，大量創作慢詞，開拓了詞的體制形式。歷代學者對柳永詞甚為關注，在研究柳詞對婉約詞的繼承與創新、題材風格、詞牌運用等各方面都有豐碩的成果，然而鮮有以女性角度切入，通過柳詞去解讀宋代女性的形象。

本論文以柳詞為研究主題，參照前人評論，嘗試分析柳永詞作中的女性形象，並由此探求當中的文化內蘊或意象。最後，把柳永所描繪的女性作為切入點，探討對其人生經歷的關係及意義。

李清照閨閣妝奩詞研究, Ho Chun Wong

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自古以來，女性一直在中國文壇處於極為邊緣的狀態，能夠流傳下來的女性作品甚為罕見。故此，凡寫女性，大多由男性角度出發，透過構想女性的視點而創作出來的詞作終究與以女性第一身所創作有所差別。由於此研究問題牽涉大量男、女作家作品比對問題，甚為遼闊。故此於本論文之中，希望透過研究李清照這名罕見而有名氣的女詞人的詞作，以其閨閣妝奩詞作討論中心，選取當中能代表女性的兩個角度﹕頭飾以及整妝舉動的詞作分析，為之後研究男女視點以及感情表達方面作出一點建樹。

妝奩，「奩」的意思即為梳妝盒上有鏡子配置，亦稱梳妝鏡匣。故本論文選取了十三首與頭飾或是與整妝舉動有關的詞作作為研究對象，希望透過研究這特定的十三首詞，提取當中不同時期、以及不同心境下所寫作的詞，從而分析李清照對於頭飾運用的個人特色之處。

本論文以討論李清照的飾物以及整妝舉動兩點作為主導，從所選的詞當中研究飾物與整妝舉動之於李清照的意義。論文有三個主要元素組成﹕

首先是用飾物的感情色彩，由新至舊，由舊到殘，當中展示著飾物的變化與李清照心境的關係；其次是飾物背後的反映，指出物件被異化，被用作表達感情或回憶的媒介；最後是飾物的包含元素，以七情六慾作為分類，帶出不同詞當中的感情載體。

論文前半部份以歷史時間作為背景，從李清照的成長歷程以及人生經歷作為主線，將其感情變化以及描寫狀況分為四大部份，分述不同時期下的感覺如何影響她對於飾物的描寫；後半部份則以感情作為分類方法，分析李清照如何將感想透過兩者反映。

明代王鏊《春秋詞命》版本考辨, Yick Tan Ching

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本文以明代中葉著名的政治家和文學家王鏊所編《春秋詞命》為研究對象。論文共分五章：開首的緒論略述王鏊對韓愈文統觀的繼承及發展；第二章通過比較明中葉以降數十家書目的記載，嘗試考辨《春秋詞命》諸版本刊刻的先後次序；第三章嘗試對《春秋詞命》編者是否為王鏊這一問題予以解答；第四章涉及對《春秋詞命》兩個注者身份的考證；結語則略論《春秋詞命》在書目所屬部類的轉移。

本論文嘗試在原始文獻如明清以來書目、地方志的材料基礎上加以歸納，通過羅列、比對眾多記載，在零散的材料中勾勒出《春秋詞命》的版本源流。其次，也涉及對明、清文人別集所載材料的運用，以窺見所考察的人物的生平及其與《春秋詞命》的關係。

嵇康《聖賢高士傳贊》的「出世」和「入世」, Dong Yu Xie

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嵇康（223-262）是魏晉時期重要的思想家、文學家、音樂家，然其傳敘文《聖賢高士傳贊》未受重視。《聖賢高士傳贊》收錄的一百一十九位高士故事，多以前人記載為本，出處可考。嵇康思想中的「出世」、「入世」（或稱「儒道之辯」），研究者眾，然未有前人以《聖賢高士傳贊》切入。本文以文本互涉為研究方法，比較嵇康《聖賢高士傳贊》與前人記載之異同，以見「出世」及「入世」思想，補嵇康研究之缺。

其中，「出世」部分，本文以「神仙」之辯切入，以《聖賢高士傳贊》廣成子、子州支伯、善卷、石戶之農故事為文本依託；「入世」部分則擇「名利、禮教」切入，以《聖賢高士傳贊》狂接輿、王真、李邵公、壤父、井丹等故事為文本依託。此外，本文亦以嵇康的詩、文為佐證。

張玉娘及其詞研究, Wai Yu Tang

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誰說「女子無才便是德」，宋代女詞人李清照便以她的詩詞作出強而有力的反駁，成為中國文學史上佔有舉足輕重地位的女文學家。但是，還有很多有才華和才能的女子被淹沒在滾滾的文學洪流之中，其中，與李清照、朱淑貞、吳淑姬並稱「宋代四大女詞人」的張玉娘便是險被埋沒的明珠之一。

提到張玉娘，或者有人會想到孟稱舜傳奇劇本《張玉娘閨房三清鸚鵡墓貞文記》中的貞女，而這正是根據她的人生故事改編而成。張玉娘，字若瓊，自號一貞居士，松陽（今屬浙江麗水市）人，著有《蘭雪集》（又名《張大家蘭雪集》），留存詩117首，詞16首。然而，因為《蘭雪集》刊傳有限，故並不廣為人知。雖然張玉娘的作品鮮有人知，但她忠貞的愛情卻感動了劇作家孟稱舜，使他寫下傳奇劇本《張玉娘閨房三清鸚鵡墓貞文記》。

既然張玉娘能與李清照、朱淑貞、吳淑姬並稱「宋代四大女詞人」，可見她的詩詞值得我們傳誦研究。因此，本文擬以《蘭雪集》中16首詞作為研究範圍，試從其詞所見張玉娘之閨中生活、對四時之景的感悟、還有她的情愛和才學生命，以窺知其形象及其價值意義。

本文分為四章，第一章為全文導言。第二章簡要概述張玉娘的生平及《蘭雪集》的資料。第三章研究《蘭雪集》中十六首作品。依詞的內容及題材分為寫閨中生活、四時景色和情感生活三節分析。第四章是全文總結。

論顧城的詩歌意象 : 以泡沫、錢幣為例, Tsz Wa Ip

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朦朧詩的成功在於出色的意象運用，在學界中得到多方肯定。同一個物象落到不同詩人手上，被賦予不同的情緒，有不一樣的發揮。被冠以｢童話詩人｣美名的顧城對自然的觀察揣摩細緻，致力建構屬於自己內在純淨的世界。過程中，這個世界恰如公劉1980年首次對顧城作品作出的評價，呈現出｢幻想交織現實｣世界。

本文挑選兩個分別來自自然和來自城市社會的意象——泡沫和錢幣。首先通過文本細讀，深入分析兩個意象落到顧城手中會得到怎樣的發揮，達致增加作品張力和審美空間。繼而以顧城生平資料作為輔助，研究意象的運用如何使作品的呈現或呼應｢幻想交織現實｣的主題。再配合其他朦朧詩人如北島、舒婷、多多等人的作品進行比對，體現顧城在這些意象運用的特色。

目前學界對顧城的主體自我有不少研究，這點有助研究意象運用時，將作品中的我作更貼近其他本人的解讀。配合顧城在上述意象運用中的表現，與其他幾位詩人的表現作比較，呈現顧城在朦朧詩派中無可取替的獨特性。

狐女形象的三種昇華 : 論唐〈任氏傳〉、宋《青瑣高議‧小蓮記》和清《聊齋志異‧蓮香》, Lok Man Wong

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本論題為「狐女形象的三種昇華」，關鍵詞為「昇華」。弗洛伊德（Sigmund Freud）在《文明及其缺憾》（Civilization and Its Discontents）第三章界定了「昇華作用」（sublimation）：「本能的昇華發展是文化發展的極其引人注目的特點；由於它的存在，科學、藝術、思想意識等較高層次的心理活動才在文明生活中起着至關重要的作用。」5黃龍保等加以解釋：「人把因受阻而不能直接發洩出來的能量，轉移和昇華到有益於社會的活動中或文化性創造活動中；昇華作用既使個體心理得到正常而健康的發展，也使人類文明不斷朝着理想化方向發展，本能的昇華作用是人類文明的助進器。」6「昇華」的心理學釋義，能概括為「人類將負能量提升至正」的表現，即由變。「昇華有理想化、積極意 類將負能量提升至正」的表現，即由變。「昇華有理想化、積極意味，基本勾勒出三個狐女的 形態和性情 逐漸完善、去蕪存菁的正面階段。

本論文選取的三篇文本〈任氏傳〉、《青瑣高議‧小蓮記》和《聊齋志異‧蓮香》撰寫於不同時期，分別是唐代、宋代和清代，都是具代表性的狐文學作品。〈任氏傳〉的狐女任氏，在西市初遇並色誘鄭六，人狐相戀。任氏忠於愛情，力拒韋崟的強暴；勸鄭六買賣疵馬，讓他賺取財富；為陪伴愛人而冒險西行，最終不幸身亡。《青瑣高議‧小蓮記》的狐女小蓮，本為李郎中的女奴，能歌善舞；後來深得李郎中的寵愛，成為其妻。小蓮精通醫術，治療家人，維護家人的健康。《聊齋志異‧蓮香》的狐女蓮香，主動向桑生示愛，人狐交歡。蓮香悉心呵護被鬼女李氏所傷的桑生，為其採藥；又憐愛身世悲慘的李氏，願意與其共事一夫。蓮香為桑生誕下兒子後，放棄狐身，投胎為人，多年後與桑生、李氏重逢。

上述狐女，全心為情郎付出，不求回報，體現了多情堅貞、大度賢慧的人性美。當中狐女形象的正面刻畫，突破了傳統狐妖採補惑人、作祟嚇人的形象窠臼，可謂在狐文學中脫穎而出。更重要的是，順序對照這三個文本（唐〈任氏傳〉、宋《青瑣高議‧小蓮記》、清《聊齋志異‧蓮香》），承上啟下，可找出箇中狐女形象不斷進步的向上趨勢（並不代表唐、宋、清三代狐女形象的發展脈絡）：狐女先從妖化走向人性化，後達到理想女性的巔峰。這也顯示了三個文本的價值。

Determinants Of An Individual's Suicide Intention In South Korea, Nam Keun Choi

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

This study has examined a variety of variables that influence an individual’ s suicide intention, and analyzed the impact of these variables. The data are from the 2014 wave of the Korea Welfare Panel Survey (KoWePS). I analyze data on 13,687 out of 17,134 survey participants.

The dependent variable of my study is suicide intention such as suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The independent variables are classified into three categories: socio-demographic, psychological and mental health. Socio-demographic variables are gender, age, education, marital status, and income. Psychological variables are self-esteem, satisfaction with life, and religion. Mental health variables are depression, alcohol use, …

The Effect Of A Risk-Based Deposit Insurance Program In Korea, Youngil Oh

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Countries introduce a deposit insurance system to prevent bank-run and stabilize the financial market by protecting depositors. However, deposit insurance with a flat-rate system induces the insured banks to take more risky activities, an example of moral hazard. To deal with this problem, the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation ('KDIC') adopted a Risk-Based Insurance Program ('RBIP ') for the Savings Banks ('SBs') on July 1, 2013, by charging a higher rate for the weak SB s and a lower rate for the healthy SBs. To mitigate the initial drastic impact on the SBs in an economic regression, the KDIC had reduced …

Trauma, Migrant Families, And Neoliberal Fantasies In Last Train Home, Yanjie Wang

Asian and Asian American Studies Faculty Works

This paper examines the traumatic experience of migrant workers through a reading of Lixin Fan's award-winning documentary film Last Train Home(2009). I am not primarily concerned, like most trauma-studies-based research, with grand, clearly recognizable catastrophes. I also avoid generalizing about human suffering in the age of global capitalism. I focus rather on post-Socialist China's more hidden social violence and its traumatizing effect on the quotidian life of migrantworkers-a subaltern group on the periphery of society. I argue that the trauma of the marginalized population must be socially and politically contextualized. The first section of the essay investigates the traumatic sense …

“If Apprehending Occurs, It Is Not The View” — Sakya Thinkers On The Madhyamaka View Of Freedom From Proliferations, Yaroslav Komarovski

Department of Classics and Religious Studies: Faculty Publications

The Sakya thinkers whose views were addressed in this paper are consistently in agreement regarding what freedom from proliferations is, how it is utilized in contemplative practice, and how it is located within the broader universe of non-tantric and tantric Buddhism. Freedom from proliferations is not an object, and transcends all categories of existence, nonexistence, etc. Consequently, it cannot be approached and described in the same way we understand and describe colors, tastes, ideas, etc. Yet, it is also not a nonexistent thing similar to rabbit horns and other types of falsely imagined phenomena. It can be realized, but only …

From The Three Natures To The Two Natures: On A Fluid Approach To The Two Versions Of Other-Emptiness From 15th Century Tibet, Yaroslav Komarovski

Department of Classics and Religious Studies: Faculty Publications

In recent years there has been a surge of scholarly interest in diverse systems of Buddhist thought and practice that Tibetan thinkers characterize as “other-emptiness” (gzhan stong), contrasting them with systems of “self-emptiness” (rang stong). While the theories of such exponents of other emptiness as Dölpopa Sherap Gyeltsen (dol po pa shes rab rgyal mtshan, 1292–1361)1 are relatively well known, those of other Tibetan thinkers are only beginning to receive scholarly attention. This paper addresses one such lesser-known other-emptiness theory that was developed by the seminal Tibetan thinker Serdok Penchen Shakya Chokden (gser …

Mulan And Filial Piety: Lesson Plan, Kitty Lam

Religion and Philosophy in the Ancient World

In this lesson, students will examine the relationship between gender roles and Confucian principles in pre-modern China by considering the extent to which the Mulan legend is compatible with the Confucian concept of filial piety. Students will read and discuss texts on filial piety by Confucian scholars, as well as three different works of Chinese literature based on the Mulan legend from three distinct time periods.

Silent Protest And The Art Of Paper Folding: The Golden Venture Paper Sculptures At The Museum Of Chinese In America, Sandra Cheng

Publications and Research

Housed in the Museum of Chinese in America is the Fly to Freedom collection of paper art, which were produced by a traditional folk method of Chinese paper folding. The 123 paper works were created by detainees of the Golden Venture, a freighter used to smuggle undocumented immigrants into the U.S. On the evening of June 6, 1993, the ship ran aground off the Rockaways in New York City and nearly 300 migrants, gaunt from the four-month ordeal at sea, poured out of the cramped windowless hold of the vessel. Several drowned that night, a few escaped, but the majority …

周作人與五十年代香港散文, Cheuk Yin Tsang

Lingnan Theses

周作人是現代中文散文寫作範式的一大奠基者，亦是五四時期重要的文學理論家，不少學者早已指出周作人「開風氣之先」，是研究現代中國散文時不可迴避的散文大家。五十年代的周作人因政治上的原因，在中國只剩狹小的寫作與發表空間，香港因處於特殊位置，在戰時或戰後一直有能力容納不同立場的聲音並存，加上香港文化人的支持，成為周作人晚年發表作品的重要場域。

本論文嘗試以「周作人式散文」為切入點，提出一個討論五十年代香港散文的框架，找出周作人式散文在五十年代香港的發展方向，以曹聚仁和葉靈鳳為中心，研究香港散文作家對周作人風格的傳承與轉化。通過歸納整理現有的周作人研究，從周作人式散文的美學特色及周作人式散文中的知識份子視野兩大方向建立「周作人式散文」一詞的內涵。周作人重視散文中的博識和理智，展示因知識而來的距離和深度，追求文章的趣味、澀味和簡單味，並以「十字街頭的塔」為知識份子寫作立場，將散文作家的視角轉向日常生活中的美。他引介民俗學的觀點，表現對地方、博物、風土與山水之關懷，並在其散文中展示其廣闊的跨文化視野。

通過調研現存的五十年代報章、文學期刊與書刊等第一手資料，描畫五十年代香港散文的鳥瞰圖；並試圖找出當中周作人式散文在香港的最重要兩位書寫者：曹聚仁與葉靈鳳在五十年代當中的位置。論文並將集中討論此兩位香港作家，探索兩位作家如何承接與開展周作人式散文，書寫出現當代文學中獨特的香港散文面貌。在周作人研究領域下周作人晚年的寫作是一研究焦點；曹聚仁說服周氏寫作回憶錄，及後更在種種政治壓力下，促成了《知堂回想錄》的出版，曹亦影響了此部周氏晚年力作的寫作策略，兩者的互動是周作人研究領域中的重要一頁。

How And Why Has American Media Shifted The On-Screen Image Of Asian Americans From Stereotypical Roles To Lead Roles?, Sohail A. Syed

Undergraduate Research Posters

Growing up as an Asian American, I never really had a role model of sort that I could relate to entirely. There were the general characters in movies that I looked up to but there was never that one character that I could possibly see myself as because there was never any lead characters that looked like me. Every time an Asian character was showed on-screen they were never a normal relatable person; they were always rather a living stereotype or unrealistic. Asians are always portrayed as intellectuals that are very awkward and geeky or one who has a very …