Howard Chiang, "Queer Taiwanese Literature: A Reader" (Cambria Press, 2021)
As the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in Asia and host the first annual gay pride in the Sinophone Pacific, Taiwan is a historic center of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture. With this blazing path of activism, queer Taiwanese literature has also risen in prominence and there is a growing popular interest in stories about the transgression of gender and sexual norms.\nSince the lifting of martial law in 1987, queer authors have redefined Taiwan\u2019s cultural scene, and throughout the 1990s many of their works have won the most prestigious literary awards and accolades. This anthology provides a deeper understanding of queer literary history in Taiwan. It includes a selection of short stories, previously untranslated, written by Taiwanese authors dating from 1975 to 2020. Readers are introduced to a wide range of themes: bisexuality, aging, mobility, diaspora, AIDS, indigeneity, recreational drug use, transgender identity, surrogacy, and many others. The diversity of literary tropes and styles canvased in this book reflects the profusion of gender and sexual configurations that has marked Taiwan\u2019s complex history for the past half century.\nQueer Taiwanese Literature: A Reader\xa0(Cambria Press, 2021) is a timely and important resource for readers interested in Taiwan studies, queer literature, and global cultural studies.\nHoward Chiang\xa0is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of\xa0After Eunuchs: Science, Medicine, and the Transformation of Sex in Modern China\xa0and\xa0Transtopia in the Sinophone Pacific. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the\xa0Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History.\nLi-Ping Chen\xa0is Postdoctoral Scholar and Teaching Fellow in the East Asian Studies Center at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include literary translingualism, diaspora, and nativism in Sinophone, inter-Asian, and transpacific contexts.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies