Thesis (M. U. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 205-213). Also available online in Scholars' Bank; and in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1993. / "Individual workshop report." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Med. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-61).

Thesis (M.Med.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-61). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes special study report entitled : Impact of MTR on urban development : pedestrianization. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

x, 113 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. / In 2000, a non-profit organization, the Confluence Project, based in Vancouver, Washington commissioned Maya Lin to design seven site-specific art installations. Lin chose certain points along the Columbia River to commemorate the bicentennial of the Corps of Discovery, the Lewis and Clark Expedition. I will focus on the third completed site, Bird Blind, located at the Sandy River Delta in Troutdale, Oregon. This artwork is a functional piece for viewing the surrounding wildlife in addition to a textually informative work referencing the diaries of Lewis and Clark and includes the current species status report published by the Sierra Club on the animals observed by Lewis and Clark. This thesis examines the accessibility of the artwork to the wide variety of audiences and its success as a point of dialogue for its specific site. / Committee in Charge: Dr. Kate Mondloch; Dr. Leland Roth; Prof. Kenneth Helphand

Applying a historical approach which contextualizes ethnic and gender perspectives, this thesis investigates the obstacles that second-generation Chinese American women encountered as they moved into the public sphere. This included sexual restraints at home and racial harassment outside. This study examines, as well, the opportunities that stimulated these women to break from their confinements. Anna May Wong and Hazel Ying Lee will serve as two role models among this second generation of women who successfully combined their cultural heritage with their education in the U.S. Their contributions inspired a whole generation of young bi-cultural women of their time. I will argue that, although the second generation had gone through cultural acculturation and resistance toward American mainstream culture, they constructed their new Chinese American identity during World War II through a synthesis of their contribution to the gender relations and ethnic identification in nationalist project.

Throughout her writing career, the Taiwan intellectual Lung Ying-tai (1952– ) has elaborated a distinct vision of how her country could realize the civic foundations of a democratic society. This ambition began with “Wild Fire,” an editorial column that ran in the Taiwan newspaper The China Times from 1984 to 1986, which was later compiled into a 1986 book, Wild Fire Collection. At this time, Taiwan’s political structure had just begun a process of liberalization. Under increasing international and domestic pressure, the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party eased its authoritarian control over the island. Lung took advantage of this unique moment, and, during Taiwan’s radical political reorganization, helped lay the foundations for a civil society based on democratic values. Lung’s vision of Taiwan’s burgeoning civil society centered on a strong democracy rooted in individual empowerment; an educated citizenry; and a native identity tied to the island. As Taiwan has continued its process of liberalization through the 1990s and into the 21st century, Lung has remained an outspoken voice in Taiwan’s political and cultural development. This thesis traces the themes that Lung first introduced in Wild Fire Collection through two later essay collections, Thinking Back on the Last Hundred Years (1999) and When Facing the Sea (2003). The issues that Lung discussed in “Wild Fire” have only become more relevant as Taiwan’s society puts into practice the democratic values that Lung called for in the mid-1980s. Meanwhile, globalization and China’s rise have brought the debate over Taiwan’s cultural identity to the fore.

Ying Chen et Ook Chung sont deux auteurs québécois d'origine asiatique qui ont fait l'objet d'études comparées en raison de leur statut d'écrivain migrant et de leur appartenance à une aire culturelle commune. Bien que leurs oeuvres mettent fréquemment en scène des narrateurs-personnages marginaux et en situation d'exil, celles-ci s'inscrivent au coeur d'intérêts actuels en littérature contemporaine qui permettent de les aborder au-delà de la culture d'origine des auteurs. S'intéressant à la marginalité du narrateur autodiégétique dans Un enfant à ma porte (2009) et dans La Trilogie coréenne (2012), notre mémoire a pour objectif d'étudier l'altérité des narrateurs et de montrer de quelle façon ceux-ci se retrouvent en décalage par rapport à leur récit. L'analyse de la figure de l'étranger dans le roman de Chung et de la folle dans celui de Chen, plus particulièrement de leur prise de parole respective, conduit à montrer en quoi l'altérité des narrateurs-personnages n'est pas que culturelle. L'altérité dans ces romans témoignerait plutôt d'une posture ontologique beaucoup plus fondamentale et générale, qui se répercute à la fois sur le rôle du personnage dans le récit et sur sa fonction de narrateur. Menée en deux temps (le personnage Autre puis le narrateur Autre), notre étude permet d'établir un lien entre l'inadéquation énoncée et la compétence narrative.