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In this book McMahon explores late Ming vernacular fiction focusing on the exposition of sexual transgression and the ideology of the containment of desire. Related topics include the theme of causality and its role in the story's mapping of the…

Based on a comprehensive reading of eighteenth-century Chinese novels and a theoretical approach grounded in psychoanalytic and feminist criticism, the book examines how polygamous privilege functions in these novels and provides one of the first…

In this first cross-cultural study of opium in China, McMahon explores early Western observations of opium smoking, early definitions of addiction, the formation of arguments for and against the legalization of opium, the portrayals of opium smoking…

Part of a series of exploring different styles and visual influences through the same composition. For this piece, I drew inspiration from tattoo illustration, ink painting & pop art.

The expression, "cat's got your tongue," does not have a known origin, but one potential source for the phrase is a cautionary tale about witchcraft. In these stories, witches were known to steal people's voices by cutting out their tongues and…

Part of a set of illustrations based on the concept of the Ouroboros – a symbol of a dragon eating its own tail, reflecting the eternal cycle of life and death. One simply can not exist without the other.

Part of a set of illustrations based on the concept of the Ouroboros – a symbol of a dragon eating its own tail, reflecting the eternal cycle of life and death. One simply can not exist without the other.

In this post-human world, a colorful group of raycats travel in search of a safer home. The environments the cats pass through on their journey tells a story of a population long forgotten.

The lofty and mysterious Woodland Antiques has a large presence in the downtown area. It stands so tall that it steals most of the morning sunrise right out of the sky.

This is a count cross-stitch pattern that I drafted digitally, inspired by the eponymous winged serpent deity of Mesoamerican origin.