Yiyan Wang Explained

Yiyan Wang is a New Zealand Chinese academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.^[1]

Academic career

After a 1999 PhD titled 'Narrating China : Defunct capital and the fictional world of Jia Pingwa' at the University of Sydney, Wang moved to the Victoria University of Wellington, rising to full professor in 2015.^{[1] [2]}

Wang teaches both Chinese language and Chinese culture, but much of their research is on Chinese language fiction.^{[3] [1]}

Selected works

• Wang, Yiyan. "Shanghai Modernity: Women and the Practice of Everyday Life." Literature & Aesthetics 17, no. 1 (2011).
• Wang, Yiyan. Narrating China: Jia Pingwa and his fictional world. Routledge, 2006.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yiyan Wang - School of Languages and Cultures - Victoria University of Wellington. www.victoria.ac.nz.
2. Web site: Inaugural lecture—Professor Yiyan Wang - School of Languages and Cultures - Victoria University of Wellington. www.victoria.ac.nz.
3. Web site: Professor Yiyan Wang looks at Chinese urban youth culture and why they have embraced conspicuous consumption. 14 July 2014. interest.co.nz.