Angelwings: Contemporary Queer Fiction from Taiwan

by Fran Martin, , Hsu Yoshen, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824826612
• ISBN13: 9780824826611
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"