Angelwings: contemporary queer fiction from Taiwan

Martin, Fran, editor & translator, Chu T'ien-Wen, Qiu MiaoJin, Chu T'ien-Hsin, Hsu Yoshen, Lin Yuyi, et al.

ISBN 10: 0824826612 / ISBN 13: 9780824826611

Edité par University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 2003

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viii, 245p., introduction, stories, Chinese titles listed at rear, back cover bottom corner bumped else good first edition, first printing stated trade paperback.

N° de réf. du vendeur 322280

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Angelwings: contemporary queer fiction from Taiwan
• Éditeur: University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0824826612
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780824826611
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: Edition originale
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Gay Studies
  • Fiction, Novels, Prose, Literature
  • Asia
  • China
  • Modern first edition

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Synopsis

Lesbian and gay--or queer--fiction (known in Mandarin as tongzhi wenxue) constitutes a major contribution to Taiwanese literature, as evidenced by the remarkable number of prestigious literary awards won by many of the authors of the short stories presented here. Indeed, the meteoric rise of this new genre was a defining feature of Taiwan's literary scene in the 1990s. Queer fiction was also instrumental in forming self-identifying subcultural gay readerships, thus serving a significant political function. But most strikingly, this fiction has been immensely popular with general readers in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, as well as in diasporic Chinese communities worldwide. The startlingly fresh, brave voices that speak through these stories attest to the powerful social ferment of the past ten years in Taiwan, which have witnessed a revolution in discourses on sex and sexuality in the public sphere.

Contributors: Chu T'ien-Wen, Qiu Miaojin, Chu T'ien-Hsin, Hsu Yoshen, Lin Yuyi, Lin Chun Ying, Chen Xue, Hong Ling, Chi Tawei, Wu Jiwen.

À propos de l?auteur

Fran Martin is lecturer in cultural studies at the University of Melbourne.