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Dr Cuncun Wu

Lecturer, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics

Qualifications

BA (Hangzhou), MA (Nankai), Grad Dip Asian Stud (Vic), PhD (Melb)

Contact

Email: cwu2@une.edu.au
Room: E11 181
Phone: 02 6773 3580 (or +61 2 6773 3580 overseas)

I have taught Chinese literature in Chinese universities for more than ten years.
I have also taught Chinese language and culture in Australian universities for six years and completed my PhD in Chinese Studies at the University of Melbourne.

Research interests

My research interests are mainly in traditional Chinese literature, cultural history, and culture and sexuality, specialising in the Ming and Qing dynasties. I have published widely in these areas, including Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China, RoutledgeCurzon, London, 2004.

Publications

Dr Cuncun Wu, 2004, Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China, , RoutledgeCurzon, London,

Dr Cuncun Wu, 2003, 'Beautiful boys made up as beautiful girls ...': elements of anti-mascline taste in Qing dynasty writing and male homosexual sensibilities, Asian Masculinities: The Meaning and Practice of Manhood in China and Japan, RoutledgeCurzon, London, pp. 19 - 40,

Mark Stevenson, Wu Cuncun, 2003, Zhaojun's dream, Renditions, No. 59 & 60, pp. 154 - 180,

Mark Stevenson, Wu Cuncun, 2002, A tale of an infatuated woman, Renditions, No. 58, pp. 47 - 97,

Dr Cuncun Wu, 2001, "Wan-Ming shehui nanfeng liuxing zhuangkuan xulue" (An outline of the fashion for homoeroticism in late Ming society), Zhongguo Wenhua, Vol. 17 - 18, pp. 256 - 269,

Dr Cuncun Wu, 2000, Ming-Qing shehui xing’ai fengqi (Sex and sensibility in Ming and Qing society), Renmin Wenxue, Renmin Wenxue Chubanshe (Peoples Literature Press), Beijing,

Dr Cuncun Wu, 2000, "Xingbie wenti yu Zhongguo xingshi de yanjiu" (Gender and Chinese sexual history research), Xingbie shixue (Gendered Poetics), Zhongguao shehui kexue wenxian chubanshe, Beijing, pp. 117 - 126,