Yuxuan (Carlos) Hua

Category: Academic Works

  • An Extraordinary Sit-Down Strike

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    When I hear the word “sit-down strike,” images of labor rights movements flash through my mind, accompanied by revolutionary songs that are enraged and robust. However, Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra’s “(I’m On A) Sit-Down Strike for Rhythm” paints an entirely different picture. Recorded on April 15th, 1937 in New York (Dickerson: 178),…

  • The Structure of Play in the Judicial System

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    Course: THEATRST 202S Introduction to Performance Studies, Duke UniversityInstructor: Alex Ferrone, Ph.D. The judicial system is a crucial part of our world that is organized by the logic of play. It includes all four theatrical elements constructed by Richard Schechner: drama, script, theater, and performance. First, laws serve as the “drama” of the play. They are…

  • A Revolution That Is Too Rational

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    In the Reflections of the Revolution in France published in 1790, Edmund Burke attacks against the French Revolution in its form and nature. Burke identifies one of its fundamental problems that made it a complete catastrophe: the French Revolution was too rational. It primarily appealed to abstract metaphysics, overlooking and sabotaging the intricacy of society…

  • Power of Social Security System and Working-Class Resistance in Taiwan’s Democratization

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    Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, proclaims itself an exemplary case of soaring economic development and successful democratization for the last few decades. However, it had been an authoritarian regime with a party-state system, rule of fear, and harsh penalty system after the WWII, and even harsher during the earlier period of Japanese occupation. Various…

  • Women’s Agency in China’s Rural-to-Urban Migrant Communities

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    While male figures in China’s rural-to-urban migrant force often being portrayed in mass media and state narratives, women’s unique characteristics in this migrant dynamic are not sufficiently disclosed. A special report published on China Labour Bulletin examines the unique difficulties of migrant women, especially their vulnerability to organized crimes and their lack of proper maternal…