Bamboo Shoots After the Rain: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of Taiwan
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- Synopsis
- A short story collection hailed as a &“welcome and valuable addition to our growing knowledge about the inner lives and literary talents of Chinese women&” (Amy Ling, author of Between Worlds: Women Writers of Chinese Ancestry). This remarkable anthology introduces the short fiction of fourteen writers, major figures in the literary movements of three generations, who represent a range of class, ethnic, and political perspectives. It is filled with unexpected gems such as Lin Hai-yin&’s story of a woman suffering under the feudal system of Old China, and Chiang Hsiao-yun&’s optimistic solutions to problems of the elderly in rapidly changing 1980s Taiwan. And in between, a dozen rich stories of aristocrats, comrades, wives, concubines, children, mothers, sexuality, female initiation, rape, and the tensions between traditional and modern life. &“This is not western feminism with an Asian accent&”, says Bloomsbury Review, &“but a description of one culture&’s reality. . . . The woman protagonists survive both despite and because of their existence in a changing Taiwan.&”
- Copyright:
- 1990
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 266 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781558617841
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781558610170
- Publisher:
- The Feminist Press at CUNY
- Date of Addition:
- 01/11/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Ann C. Carver and Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Education, Social Studies
- Grade Levels:
- Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Ann C. Carver
- Edited by:
- Sung-Sheng Yvonne Chang