Ph.D student at School of Humanities & Language, Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture, UNSW Sydney
Yimin Xu is a Ph.D. student in the School of Humanities and Languages at University of New South Wales, Australia. Her research interest is gender in Chinese science fiction, Chinese fantastical literature and modern Chinese popular culture. Her current PhD project focuses on the concept of Chinese modernity coded in gender representations in contemporary Chinese science fiction.
Feb 14, 2023 13:14 pm UTC| Entertainment
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