| The Columbia Sourcebook of Literary Taiwan Contributor(s): Chang, Sung-Sheng Yvonne (Editor), Yeh, Michelle (Editor), Fan, Ming-Ju (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0231165765 ISBN-13: 9780231165761 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $84.15 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Literary Collections | Asian - Chinese - History | Reference |
| Dewey: 895.109 |
| LCCN: 2013040914 |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" (2.10 lbs) 592 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This sourcebook contains more than 160 documents and writings that reflect the development of Taiwanese literature from the early modern period to the twenty-first century. Selections include seminal essays in literary debates, polemics, and other landmark events; interviews, diaries, and letters by major authors; critical and retrospective essays by influential writers, editors, and scholars; transcripts of historical speeches and conferences; literary-society manifestos and inaugural journal prefaces; and governmental policy pronouncements that have significantly influenced Taiwanese literature. These texts illuminate Asia's experience with modernization, colonialism, and postcolonialism; the character of Taiwan's Cold War and post-Cold War cultural production; gender and environmental issues; indigenous movements; and the changes and challenges of the digital revolution. Taiwan's complex history with Dutch, Spanish, and Japanese colonization; strategic geopolitical position vis- -vis China, Japan, and the United States; and status as a hub for the East-bound circulation of technological and popular-culture trends make the nation an excellent case study for a richer understanding of East Asian and modern global relations. |