Haunting in Chinese-Australian Writing

Dr Xiao Xiong is a lecturer in English literature at Central China Normal University. He was supported by the China Scholarship Council and University of Wollongong to complete his PhD at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He previously studied at Wuhan University in China, where he received the Outstanding Postgraduate Scholarship. He is passionate about both English and Chinese literatures focusing on postcolonialism.

• Chapter 1.- Haunting as Trauma in Birds of Passage and Her Father’s Daughter.- Chapter 2.- Haunting as Languaging in Ouyang Yu’s The English Class and Selected Poetry.- Chapter 3.- Haunting as the Supernatural in The Crocodile Fury and Playing Madame Mao

“Xiao Xiong’s book Haunting in Chinese-Australian Writing explores various ways in which Chinese-Australian writing can be understood as haunting. Xiong incorporates theories of ‘haunting’ as ‘the return of the repressed’ in his reading that reveals the lived experiences of Chinese Australians under various abusive systems. Such an original reading is relatable and thought-provoking in diaspora literature in general.” (Ray Zhou, Asian Studies Review, August 18, 2024)