Publications

Recent Publications

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The Deconstruction of Sex

Jean-Luc NANCY and Irving GOH
Durham: Duke University Press, 2021

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Women, Subalterns, and Ecologies in South and Southeast Asian Women's Fiction

Chitra SANKARAN
Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2022

Gaia Book (2)

Revenge of Gaia: Contemporary Vietnamese Ecofiction

Chi P. Pham
Chitra SANKARAN
Singapore: Penguin Random House SEA, 2021

B52-Wee

The Communicative Linguistic Landscape: Production Formats and Designed Environments

Lionel WEE
Abingdon: Routledge, 2021. 186pp

Books and Monographs

B45-Theatre-Fiction

Theatre-Fiction in Britain From Henry James to Doris Lessing: Writing in the Wings

Graham WOLFE
Abingdon: Routledge, 2019. 214pp

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Bodies and Transformance in Taiwanese Contemporary Theater

Peilin LIANG
Abingdon: Routledge, 2019. 158pp

B53-LExistencePrepositionnelle

L’Existence Prépositionnelle

Irving GOH
Paris: Galilée, 2019. 120pp

B52-Enacting Lecoq

Enacting Lecoq: Movement in Theatre, Cognition, and Life

Maiya MURPHY
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. 214pp

Digital Spirits

Digital Spirits in Religion and Media: Possession and Performance

Alvin Eng Hui LIM
Abingdon: Routledge, 2018. 222pp

B50-Celluloid Singapore

Celluloid Singapore: Cinema, Performance and the National

Edna LIM
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018. 216pp

B49-Thai Art

Thai Art: Currencies of the Contemporary

David TEH
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2017. 296pp

B47-TheSinglishControversy_Cover

The Singlish Controversy: Language, Culture and Identity in a Globalizing World

Lionel WEE
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 247pp

B44-Sociolinguistic Variation and Acquisition

Sociolinguistic variation and acquisition in two-way language immersion: Negotiating the Standard

Rebecca Lurie Starr
Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters, 2016. 168pp

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Singapore Chronicles – Theatre

Robin Loon, Kok Heng Leun, Zizi Azah Binte Abdul Majid and Vadivalagan Shanamugas
Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies and Straits Times Press, 2016. 120pp

Tibet

Tibet on Fire: Buddhism, Protest, and the Rhetoric of Self-Immolation

John Whalen-Bridge
New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2015. 216pp

B43-Language-of-Organizational-Styling

The Language of Organizational Styling

Lionel WEE
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 212pp

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Narratives of Diaspora: Representations of Asia in Chinese American Literature

Walter S. H. Lim
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 208pp

B40-Japanese-Horror-Films

Japanese Horror Films and Their American Remakes: Translating Fear, Adapting Culture (Routledge Advances in Film Studies, 27)

Valerie WEE
New York: Routledge, 2013. 258p

B39-Modernist-Literature-and-Postcolonial-Studies

Modernist Literature and Postcolonial Studies (Postcolonial Literary Studies)

Rajeev S. Patke
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2013. 224pp

B38-Singapore-Word-Maps

Singapore Word Maps: A Chapbook of Edwin Thumboo’s New and Selected Place Poems

Edwin Thumboo
Singapore: National Library Board, 2012. 55pp

B37-Markets-of-English

Markets of English: Linguistic Capital and Language Policy in a Globalizing World (Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics)

Joseph Sung-Yul Park and Lionel Wee
New York: Routledge, 2012. 216pp

B36-Best-of-Edwin-Thumboo

The Best of Edwin Thumboo (Singapore Pioneer Poets)

Edwin Thumboo
Singapore: Epigram Books, 2012. 256pp

B35-Void-of-Reason

Void of Reason

Chitra Sankaran
Slough: New Dawn, 2012. 406pp

B33-Style-Identity-and-Literacy

Style, Identity and Literacy: English in Singapore (Critical Language and Literacy Studies)

Christopher Stroud and Lionel Wee
Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2011. 256pp

B32-Language-of-Postcolonial-Literatures

《後殖民文學的語言》(The Language of Postcolonial Literatures: An Introduction)

Ismail S. Talib
Taipei: Bookman Books, 2011. 224pp. (Chinese translation of the book published in English, London and New York: Routledge, 2002.)

B31-Modernist-Avant-Garde-Aesthetics

Modernist Avant-Garde Aesthetics and Contemporary Military Technology: Technicities of Perception

Ryan Bishop and John Phillips
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2011. 248pp

B29-Language-Without-Rights

Language without Rights (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics)

Lionel Wee
New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. 232pp

B28-Teen-Media

Teen Media: Hollywood and the Youth Market in the Digital Age

Valerie Wee
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2010. 283pp

B27-Routledge-Concise-History-of-Southeast-Asian-Writing-in-English

The Routledge Concise History of Southeast Asian Writing in English

Rajeev S. Patke and Philip Holden
London and New York: Routledge, 2009. 276pp

B26-Local-Construction-of-a-Global-Language

The Local Construction of a Global Language: Ideologies of English in South Korea

Joseph Sung-Yul Park
Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2009. 274pp

B25-Long-Poems-of-Wallace-Stevens

The Long Poems of Wallace Stevens: An Interpretative Study

Rajeev S. Patke
Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985; reprinted 2009. 280pp

B24-Still-Travelling

Still Travelling

Edwin Thumboo
Singapore: Ethos Books, 2008. 104pp

B22-Bring-the-Sun

Bring The Sun (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)

Edwin Thumboo
Singapore: Ethos Books, 2008. 78pp. (Also produced as a DVD.)

B21-Myth-Connections

Myth Connections: The Use of Hindu Myths and Philosophies in R. K. Narayan and Raja Rao

Chitra Sankaran
Second edition. Berne: Peter Lang, 2007. 326pp

B20-Christian-Ministry-and-the-Asian-Nation

Christian Ministry and the Asian Nation: The Metropolitan YMCA in Singapore, 1946-2006

Robbie B. H. Goh
Singapore: Metropolitan YMCA, 2006. 207pp

B19-John-Milton-Radical-Politics-Biblical-Republicanism

John Milton, Radical Politics, and Biblical Republicanism

Walter S. H. Lim
Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2006. 305pp

B18-Postcolonial-Poetry-in-English

Postcolonial Poetry in English (Oxford Studies in Postcolonial Literatures)

Rajeev S. Patke
New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 280pp

B17-Reference-Grammar-of-Wappo

A Reference Grammar of Wappo (UC Publications in Linguistics, 138)

Sandra A. Thompson, Joseph Sung-Yul Park and Charles N. Li
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. 190pp

B16-Language-Policy-and-Modernity-in-SEAsia

Language Policy and Modernity in Southeast Asia: Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand (Language Policy, 6)

Antonio L. Rappa and Lionel Wee
New York: Springer, 2006. 160pp

B15-Generative-Phonology

《生成音系学理论及其应用》(第二版)(Generative Phonology: Theory and Application; second edition). (Contemporary Linguistic Theory, 8)

Bao Zhiming, Shi Jianguo and De Bao Xu
Beijing: Chinese Social Sciences Press, 2007. 351pp

B14-Contours-of-Culture

Contours of Culture: Space and Social Difference in Singapore

Robbie B. H. Goh
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2005. 270pp

B10-Christianity-in-SEAsia

Christianity in Southeast Asia (Southeast Asia Backgrounds, 7)

Robbie B. H. Goh
Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2005. 80pp

B9-Slavery-and-Augustan-Literature

Slavery and Augustan Literature: Swift, Pope, Gay (Routledge Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature)

John Richardson
London: Routledge and New York, 2003. 200pp

B8-Contested-Knowledge

Contested Knowledge: A Guide to Critical Theory

John Phillips
London: Zed, 2000. 256pp

B6-Structure-of-Tone

The Structure of Tone

Bao Zhiming
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 264pp

B5-Widening-World-of-Childrens-Literature

The Widening World of Children’s Literature

Susan Ang
Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999. 216pp

B4-Arts-of-Empire

The Arts of Empire: The Poetics of Colonialism from Ralegh to Milton

Walter S. H. Lim
Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1998. 275pp

B3-Computer-Corpus-Lexicography

Computer Corpus Lexicography (Edinburgh Textbooks in Empirical Linguistics)

Vincent B. Y. Ooi
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1998. 224pp

B2-Political-Fiction-and-the-American-Self

Political Fiction and the American Self

John Whalen-Bridge
Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1998. 224pp

Edited Collections

B48-TheMultilingualCitizen

The Multilingual Citizen Towards a Politics of Language for Agency and Change

Lisa Lim, Christopher Stroud and Lionel Wee, eds
Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters, 2018. 304pp

E34-Buddhism-and-American-Cinema

Buddhism and American Cinema (Buddhism and American Culture, 4)

John Whalen-Bridge and Gary Storhoff, eds
Albany: SUNY, 2014. 273pp

E32-Religion-and-Identity-in-the-South-Asian-Diaspora

Religion and Identity in the South Asian Diaspora

Rajesh Rai and Chitra Sankaran, eds
New York: Routledge, 2013. 148pp

E31-Buddhism-Modernity-and-the-State-in-Asia

Buddhism, Modernity, and the State in Asia

John Whalen-Bridge and Pattana Kitiarsa, eds
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 288pp

E30-Politics-of-English

The Politics of English: South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific (Studies in World Language Problems, 4)

Lionel Wee, Robbie B. H. Goh and Lisa Lim, eds
Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2013. 322pp

E29-History-Narrative-and-Testimony-in-Amitav-Ghoshs-Fiction

History, Narrative, and Testimony in Amitav Ghosh’s Fiction

Chitra Sankaran, ed
Albany: SUNY, 2012. 272pp

E28-Media-Intertextualities

Media Intertextualities (Benjamins Current Topics, 37)

Mie Hiramoto, ed
Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2012. 144pp

E27-City-as-Target

The City as Target (Postcolonial Politics)

Ryan Bishop, Gregory K. Clancey and John Phillips
Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2012. 336pp

E26-Anthology-of-English-Writing-in-SEAsia

An Anthology of English Writing in Southeast Asia

Rajeev S. Patke, Isabela Banzon, Philip Holden and Lily Rose Tope, eds
Singapore: National Library Board, 2012. 609pp

E25-Martial-Arts-as-Embodied-Knowledge

Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge: Asian Traditions in a Transnational World

D. S. Farrer and John Whalen-Bridge, eds
Albany: SUNY, 2011. 261pp

E24-Writing-as-Enlightenment

Writing as Enlightenment: Buddhist American Literature into the Twenty-first Century (Buddhism and American Culture, 3)

John Whalen-Bridge and Gary Storhoff, eds
Albany: SUNY, 2011. 207pp

E23-Narrating-Race

Narrating Race: Asia, (Trans)Nationalism, Social Change (TEXTXET. Studies in Comparative Literature, 64)

Robbie B. H. Goh, ed
Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 2011. 283pp

E22-English-in-Singapore

English in Singapore: Modernity and Management (Asian Englishes Today)

Lisa Lim, Anne Pakir and Lionel Wee, eds
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2010. 322pp

E21-Norman-Mailers-Later-Fictions

Norman Mailer’s Later Fictions: Ancient Evenings through Castle in the Forest (American Literature Readings in the 21st Century, 24)

John Whalen-Bridge, ed
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. 224pp

E20-American-Buddhism-as-a-Way-of-Life

American Buddhism as a Way of Life (Buddhism and American Culture, 2)

Gary Storhoff and John Whalen-Bridge, eds
Albany: SUNY, 2010. 229pp

E19-Shakespeare-in-Asia

Shakespeare in Asia: Contemporary Performance

Dennis Kennedy and Yong Li Lan, eds
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. 304pp

E18-English-Renaissance-Orientalism-and-the-Idea-of-Asia

The English Renaissance, Orientalism, and the Idea of Asia

Debra Johanyak and Walter S. H. Lim, eds
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. 252pp

E17-Perspectives-in-Lexicography

Perspectives in Lexicography: Asia and beyond (Papers on Lexicography and Dictionaries, 1)

Vincent B. Y. Ooi, Anne Pakir, Ismail S. Talib and Peter K. W. Tan, eds
Tel Aviv: K Dictionaries, 2009. 290pp

E15-Emergence-of-Buddhist-American-Literature

The Emergence of Buddhist American Literature (Buddhism and American Culture, 1)

John Whalen-Bridge and Gary Storhoff, eds
Albany: SUNY, 2009. 267pp

E13-Democracy-as-Culture

Democracy as Culture: Deweyan Pragmatism in a Globalizing World

Sor-hoon Tan and John Whalen-Bridge, eds
Albany: SUNY, 2008. 232pp

E12-Language-as-Commodity

Language as Commodity: Global Structures, Local Marketplaces

Peter K. W. Tan and Rani Rubdy, eds
London: Continuum, 2008. 228pp

E11-Historical-Companion-to-Postcolonial-Literatures

A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures: Continental Europe and its Empires

Prem Poddar, Rajeev S. Patke and Lars Jensen, eds
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008. 688pp

E9-Feminist-Critical-Discourse-Analysis

Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Gender, Power and Ideology in Discourse

Michelle M. Lazar, ed
Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 272pp

E8-Beyond-Description

Beyond Description: Space Historicity Singapore (Architext)

Ryan Bishop, John Phillips and Yeo Wei Wei, eds
London and New York: Routledge, 2004. 244pp

E7-Imagining-Singapore

Imagining Singapore. Second edition

Ban Kah Choon, Anne Pakir and Tong Chee Kiong, eds
Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 2004. 366p

E6-Asian-Diasporas

Asian Diasporas: Cultures, Identities, Representations

Robbie B. H. Goh and Shawn Wong, eds
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2004. 214pp

E5-Postcolonial-Urbanism

Postcolonial Urbanism: Southeast Asian Cities and Global Processes

Ryan Bishop, John Phillips and Wei Wei Yeo, eds
New York and London, 2003. 336pp

E3-Complicities-Connections-and-Divisions

Complicities: Connections and Divisions: Perspectives on Literatures and Cultures of the Asia-Pacific Region

Chitra Sankaran, Liew-Geok Leong and Rajeev S. Patke, eds
Berne: Peter Lang, 2003. 361pp

E2-Reading-Melanie-Klein

Reading Melanie Klein

John Phillips and Lyndsey Stonebridge, eds
London: Routledge, 1998. 280pp

E1-Institutions-in-Cultures-Theory-and-Practice

Institutions in Cultures: Theory and Practice (Critical Studies, 5)

Robert Lumsden and Rajeev Patke, eds
Amsterdam and Atlanta, GA: Rodopi, 1996. 375pp