{"id":57833,"date":"2026-05-05T10:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T02:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/as\/?p=57833"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:34:46","slug":"newly-released-book-volume-evolving-genders-the-dynamics-of-narrative-benchmarking-in-asian-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/as\/news-events\/newly-released-book-volume-evolving-genders-the-dynamics-of-narrative-benchmarking-in-asian-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly released book volume - \"Evolving Genders: The Dynamics of Narrative Benchmarking in Asian Literature\""},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"57833\" class=\"elementor elementor-57833\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9e2f41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9e2f41\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-620c9b5\" data-id=\"620c9b5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fac58a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fac58a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jointly edited by Dr. Kelly Kar Yue Chan and Dr. Chi Sum Garfield Lau, this book volume investigates the origins and evolutions of gender benchmarking in Asian literature. 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