Current Research Projects

I. Forthcoming Articles and Book Chapters:

"Sung J. Rno." Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth-Century American Drama, Fifth Series (Detroit: Gale Research, Inc.)

“Blood-Stained Text in Translation: Tattooing, Bodily Writing and Performance of
Chinese Virtue.” Anthropological Quarterly.

II. Other Projects in Progress:

Transnational Chinese Theatre
A book-length project on Chinese theatre in the context of globalization and transnationalism, with focuses on performances in international festivals

Performing the Borders: Gender, Ethnicity, and Interculturalism in Chinese Drama
A book manuscript on the history and evolution of "border-crossing drama," with emphasis on the negotiation between gender and nationalism

Cantonese Opera in the Bay Area
A multi-media project on history, theory, performance and criticism of Cantonese opera in the San Francisco Bay Area
Co-author: Ehren Fordyce (Stanford University)

Find out more about Daphne:

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