Individuals

Dr. Rosemary Haddon

Senior Lecturer - School of Language Studies - Massey University

Telephone:	(06) 356 9099 Ext. 7847
Address:	School of Language Studies, Massey University (Turitea) Private Bag 11 222 Palmerston North New Zealand

Research Interests:

Modern Languages

critical and cultural theory / Asian
studies in language and literature / Asian

Modern fiction of China and Taiwan
Theories of gender, colonialism and post-colonialism
Critical theory

Publications:

Books

Refereed Journal Articles
From Pulp to Politics: Aspects of Topicality in Fiction by Li Ang
Book Chapters
Engendering Woman: Taiwan’s Recent Fiction by Women

Conference Proceedings
Procurement and acquiescence: The prostituted body in the fiction of Huang Chunming
NZASIA Proceedings of the Twelfth International New Zealand Conference of the Asian Studies Society. (Assistant Editor)

Political Metaphor in a Modern Chinese Garden: Li Ang's Labyrinthine Garden.

Technical Articles
The Bittersweet Experience of Teaching Chinese in New Zealand. New Zealand Association of Language Teachers Members Newsletter. No. 14 April: 26-27.

Public & media talks
"Speaking to Face to Face, an Exhibition of Contemporary Art from Taiwan. Adam Lam Art Gallery, Wellington. 25 September, 2000.

"Death of Deng Xiaoping. Interview. Paul Holmes Show, National Radio, 20 Feb, 1997.

Conference & seminar talks
From Critical Realism to Revolutionary Realism: China’s Pre-Communist Writers. Presented at the 1998 Department of East Asian Studies Research Seminars, Massey University, 14 August.

"The National Allegories of Huang Chunming. Talk delivered to the Department of East Asian Studies. University of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 18 January, 1999.

Colonialism, Post-colonialism and Gender in the Taiwanese Literary Culture. Institute of Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 24 January, 2002. (Work-in-Progress talk given as a visiting research fellow)

"Chinese Bodies/Taiwanese Nations: Procurement, Acquiescence and Political Separatism. Presented at the NZASIA New Zealand Asian Studies Society 13th International Conference. University of Otago, Dunedin. November 24-27.

"Colonizing East Asia: the trope of the prostituted body. Presented at the year 2000 Programme of East Asian Studies Research Seminars, Massey University, 21 July.

Separatism versus Reunification: Political Visions of China-Taiwan Relations in Fiction from Taiwan. Presented at the New Zealand Political Studies Association Conference, Massey University, Palmerston North, 7-9 December.

"The Political Fiction of Chen Yingzhen: Rip Van Winkle and the Chinese National Identity. Presented at the 8th East Asian Studies Research Seminar Series for 2002. Massey University. 23 August.

"The Taiwan Issue: a historical perspective. Presented at the year 2001 Programme of East Asian Studies Research Seminars, Massey University, 20 July.