Taiwan Literature in the 21st Century: A Critical Reader (2023)

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$183.99
Publisher
Springer
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Pages
253
Dimensions
6.14 X 9.21 X 0.63 inches | 1.22 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9789811983795

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About the Author
Dr. Chia-rong Wu specializes in Sinophone literature and film through the lens of postcolonial theories, Indigenous studies, diaspora, and ecocriticism. Dr. Wu is the author of Supernatural Sinophone Taiwan and Beyond (Cambria Press, 2016) and Remapping the Contested Sinosphere: The Cross-cultural Landscape and Ethnoscape of Taiwan (Cambria Press, 2020). Additionally, Dr. Wu is serving on the International Advisory Board of Interdisciplinary and Transcultural Approaches to Chinese Literature (Routledge Book Series), Cultural History Editorial Advisory Board (Bloomsbury Book Series), and the Advisory Board of Taiwan Lit (online journal centering on studies of Taiwan literature and culture).
Professor Ming-ju Fan is an established scholar in the field of Taiwan literature study. Her research focus is on feminism, literary theory, and modern and contemporary novels. She is the author of multiple books, including Critic Artisan《書評職人》 (Unitas, 2019), Spatial/Textual/Politics《空間/文本/政治》 (Linking Books, 2015), Literary Geography--Spatial Reading of Taiwanese Literature《文學地理─台灣文學的空間閱讀》 (Rye Field, 2008), Chronological Searches of Taiwanese Women's Fiction 《眾裏尋她-台灣女性小說縱論》 (Rye Field, 2002 & 2008), and Like a box of chocolate: Criticisms on Contemporary Literature and Culture《像一盒巧克力─當代文學文化評論》(Ink Publishing, 2005). She is also the co-editor of The Columbia Sourcebook of Literary Taiwan (Columbia University Press, 2014). She has received honors such as Ministry of Science and Technology Research Award and Reward Special Talents multiple times. Moreover, she has been serving as the co-editor of Journal of Taiwan Literary Studies since 2010.
Reviews
"This is a very interesting book ... . Taiwan Literature in the 21st Century hence offers an extremely useful guide to the most important names, together with close analyses of their main works and is consequently highly recommended." (Bradley Wintertion, taipeitimes.com, June 8, 2023)