Literary Culture in Taiwan: Martial Law to Market Law

by Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang

Book Overview

With monumental changes in the last two decades, Taiwan is making itself anew. The process requires remapping not only the country's recent political past, but also its literary past. Taiwanese literature is now compelled to negotiate a path between residual high culture aspirations and the emergent reality of market domination in a relatively autonomous, increasingly professionalized field. This book argues that the concept of a field of cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231132344
• ISBN13: 9780231132343
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher