Dr Rachel V Harrison
BA, PhD (London)
Overview
Department of South East Asia
Reader in Thai Cultural Studies
Centre of South East Asian Studies
Member, Centre of South East Asian Studies
Centre for Media and Film Studies
Associate Member, Centre for Media and Film Studies
Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS)
Member
Centre for Translation Studies (CTS)
Member, Centre for Translation Studies
Centre for Gender Studies
Member
- Name:
- Dr Rachel V Harrison
- Email address:
- rh6@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4247
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 455
- Office Hours:
- Tuesdays 15:00 - 17:00
Biography
Literature; Cultural Studies; Gender Studies; language teachingTeaching
Programmes Convened
- BA South East Asian Studies
- BA South East Asian Studies (including year abroad)
- MA Pacific Asian Studies
Courses Taught
- (Post) Colonialism and Otherness in South East Asia on Screen
- A Selected Thai Author
- Extended Essay in Thai Studies (A)
- Extended Essay in Thai Studies (B)
- Genders and Sexualities in South East Asian Film
- Post-crisis Thai Cinema (1997-2007)
- Thai Cultural Studies
- Thai Short Stories
- Thailand on Screen (post '97)
- The City and the Countryside in South East Asian Literatures
- The Urban/Rural Divide in South East Asian Literature
PhD Students supervised
- Art Mitchells-Urwin, Representations of the Thai body and locality within Western-produced pornography: Interactions and responses from those within and outside of the pornographic screen
- Chanokporn Chutikamoltham, Ideological state apparatus and the return of the repressed: the study of Thai school textbooks and Thai low culture
- Isabella Ng, Is there still a Gender Divide? A study of the indigenous women in Hong Kong since the legitimization of female land inheritance during the post-colonial era
- Joshua Black, Working title: Queer Identities in Modern Vietnamese Literature and New Media
- Koraya Techawongstein, Working title: Role, Development and Market of Translation of Thai Literature into Foreign Languages
- Kulyanee Jongjairuksa, A Sociological Approach to Investigating Stylistic Features of Chinese Martial Arts Novels Translated by Nor Nopparat
- Maha Abdel Megeed, Muwaylihi's Isa ibn Hisham: Between 18th-Century Revival and 19th-Century Neoclassical Renaissance
- Michaela Unterbarnscheidt, A comparative study of transition and social change in early Thai and Amharic novels
- Veluree Metaveevinij, Working title: Cultural Politics in Thailand: the Government Policies towards Thai Film Industry from 2001 to 2011
Research
Thai language and modern Thai literature; culture and gender studies with reference to Thailand; literary criticism and South East Asian Literatures in a comparative context; cinema in mainland South East Asia; gender in South East Asia especially Thailand. AHRB-funded project The Ambiguous Allure of the West.Expertise
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Available for
- TV
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Special Study Programmes
- Short Term Consultancy
- Long Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
- South East Asia
Country Expertise
- Thailand
Languages
- Thai
Publications
Edited Books
Harrison, Rachel and Jackson, Peter, eds. (2010) The Ambiguous Allure of the West: Traces of the Colonial in Thailand. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Book Chapters
Harrison, Rachel (2009) '“Elementary, My Dear Wat”: Influence and Imitation in the Early Crime Fiction of “Late-Victorian” Siam.' In: Jedamski, Doris, (ed.), Chewing over the West: occidental narratives in non-Western readings. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Harrison , Rachel (2004) 'Sex in a Hot Climate: Moral Degeneracy and Erotic Excess in The Story of Jan Daraa.' In: Worton, M. and Wilson-Tagoe, N., (eds.), National Healths. Gender, Sexuality and Health in a Cross-Cultural Context. London: UCL Press, pp. 121-136.
Harrison, Rachel (2003) 'Thailande: Between East and West.' In: Zaini-Lajoubert, M, (ed.), Etats et litterature en Asie. Les Indes Savantes (France), pp. 154-184.
Harrison, Rachel (2003) 'Facing Demons: Sida Marries Totsakan in Sidaoreuang's Modern Thai Reinventions of the Epic Ramayana (Ramakien).' In: Labarthe, J., (ed.), Formes modernes de la poésie épique. Nouvelles approches. Bruxelles ; New York: P.I.E. - Peter Lang, pp. 339-369.
Harrison, Rachel (2001) 'Prostitution, Politics and Power: Issues of "Foreigness" in Western television documentaries of female sex workers.' In: Munshi, S, (ed.), Images of the Modern Woan in Asia. Curzon (London), pp. 138-68.
Harrison, Rachel (2001) 'The Indigenous and the "Foreign": the Reception, Adaptation and Reinvention of Western Literatures in South East Asia.' In: Detrie, M, (ed.), France-Asie: un siecle dechanges litteraires. You Feng (Paris), pp. 240-254.
Harrison, Rachel (1999) 'The Madonna and the Whore: Self/Other tensions in the characterization of the prostitute by Thai female authors.' In: P, eds, (ed.), Genders and Sexualities in Modern Thailand. Silkworm (Chiang mai), pp. 168-190.
Harrison, Rachel (1997) 'The “Good”, the “Bad” and the Pregnant: Why the Thai Prostitute as Literary Heroine Can’t be Seen to Give Birth.' In: Somswasdi , Virada and Theobald, Sally, (eds.), Women, Gender Relations and Development in Thai Society. Chiangmai: Women’s Studies Centre, Chiangmai University Press, pp. 323-348.
Harrison, Rachel (1995) 'Birth, Death and Identity in the Writing of Sidaoru’ang from 1975-90.' In: Chitakasem, Manas, (ed.), Thai Literary Traditions. Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University Press, pp. 87-117.
Articles
Harrison, Rachel (2007) ''Somewhere, Over the Rainbow': Global Projections/Local Allusions in Tears of the Black Tiger/Faathalayjone.' Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 8 (2). pp. 194-210.
Harrison, Rachel (2007) '“Somewhere Over the Rainbow”: Global Projections/Local Allusions in ‘Tears of the Black Tiger’/Fa thalai jone.' Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 8 (2). pp. 194-210.
Harrison, Rachel (2005) 'Cultures of Criticism, Constructions of Femininity and the Impossibilities of Female Desire. Kham Phakaa, Krathuu dork thorng (Queries from a Common Slut. (pp. 91-111).' South East Asia Research, vol.13 (1) . pp. 91-111.
Harrison, Rachel (2005) 'Introduction: New Directions in Thai Cultural Studies.' South East Asia Research, 13 (1) .
Harrison, Rachel (2005) 'Amazing Thai Film: The Rise and Rise of Contemporary Thai Cinema on the International Screen.' Asian Affairs, 36 (3). pp. 321-338.
Harrison, Rachel (2004) 'Introduction: The Human World of south East Asian Literatures.' Tenggara, 47 (8). pp. 1-7.
Harrison, Rachel (2004) 'Wild roses and Urban Boring Bees: (Western) Feminist Readings of a Thai Feminine Text?' Tenggara, vol.47 8 . pp. 93-115.
Harrison, Rachel (2002) ''A Hundred Loves', 'A Thousand Lovers': Portrayals of Sexuality in the Work of Thidaa Bunnaak.' Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 33 (3). pp. 451-470.
Harrison, Rachel (2000) 'The disruption of female desire and the Thai literary tradition of eroticism, religion and aesthetics.' Tenggara, 41 . pp. 88-125.
Harrison, Rachel (2000) 'Looking forward, Looking back: towards a comparative study of the interaction between the traditional and modern in contemporary SEA [and] Sita Writes Back: Reinventing the Ramayana.' Tenggara, 42 .
Harrison, Rachel (1999) 'The Son of a Javanese.' South East Asia Research, 7, part 2 . pp. 141-188.
Other
Harrison, Rachel (2002) 'Sidaoruang.' In: Introduction in Europe, revue litteraire mensualle - Choderlos de Laclos, Ecrivains de Thailands & du Laos. Europe. pp. 236-7.
