Lee Wai Sum, Amy

Biography

Dr. Lee received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Warwick and M.Phil. in Comparative Literature from the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include Feminist Literary Studies, Gender Studies, the Chinese Diaspora and Representations of Marginal Experiences. Some of her recent publications include “Frozen Motion: Nostalgia and Wang Anyi’s Shanghai.” In Contemporary Asian Modernities: Transnationality, Interculturality, and Hybridity, “Witches in the Young Adult Fiction: Between Cautionary Tale and the Historical Truth” in The Asian Conference on Education, “Searching for the Witch in the Blood: The Autobiographical Trend in Salem Fiction” and “Earnest-ness” in the 21st Century: The graphic diary, the tattoo, and the lie in Oliver Parker’s 2002 film”, both in The International Journal of the Humanities. “Western Humanism and Individuals: Representations of the Chinese Feminine in Contemporary Litreatures in English.” in International Journal of the Humanities (2003), “Narrative Fertility in Migration and Memory: The Feminine Texts of I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem.” and “Land of Many Colors.” in The Transdisciplinary Journal of Emergence, Issue 2, June 2004.

Research Interest

Gender Studies Human Beings and Their Imaginary Monsters They Create Humanities Study & Research Methods Languages and the Humanities