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 gay readerships, thus serving a significant political
function. But most strikingly, this fiction has been immensely
popular with general readers in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore,
as well as in diasporic Chinese communities worldwide. The
startlingly fresh, brave voices that speak through these stories
attest to the powerful social ferment of the past ten years in
Taiwan, which have witnessed a revolution in discourses on sex and
sexuality in the public sphere.
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