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This book is the first in English to consider women's movements and
feminist discourses in twentieth-century Taiwan. Doris T. Chang
examines the way in which Taiwanese women in the twentieth century
selectively appropriated Western feminist theories to meet their
needs in a modernizing Confucian culture. She illustrates the rise
and fall of women's movements against the historical backdrop of
the island's contested national identities, first vis-a-vis
imperial Japan (1895-1945) and later with postwar China
(1945-2000). In particular, during periods of soft authoritarianism
in the Japanese colonial era and late twentieth century, autonomous
women's movements emerged and operated within the political
perimeters set by the authoritarian regimes. Women strove to
replace the "Good Wife, Wise Mother" ideal with an individualist
feminism that meshed social, political, and economic gender equity
with the prevailing Confucian family ideology. However, during
periods of hard authoritarianism from the 1930s to the 1960s, the
autonomous movements collapsed. The particular brand of Taiwanese
feminism developed from numerous outside influences, including
interactions among an East Asian sociopolitical milieu, various
strands of Western feminism, and Marxist-Leninist women's
liberation programs in Soviet Russia. Chinese communism appears not
to have played a significant role, due to the Chinese Nationalists'
restriction of communication with the mainland during their rule on
post-World War II Taiwan. Notably, this study compares the
perspectives of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, whose husband led as the
president of the Republic of China on Taiwan from 1949 to 1975, and
Hsiu-lien Annette Lu, Taiwan's vice president from 2000 to 2008.
Delving into period sources such as the highly influential feminist
monthly magazine Awakening as well as interviews with feminist
leaders, Chang provides a comprehensive historical and
cross-cultural analysis of the struggle for gender equality in
Taiwan.
Mong-Lan once again brings us her tango art, full of sensuality,
vigor and loveliness. Based in Buenos Aires, Mong-Lan shares with
us her tango vision, a world of lines, flowing bodies in motion. A
world of great heart, a blossoming love, and a vision all her own.
Reminiscent of Picasso, Matisse, and the great artists of this
century, Mong-Lan's pen and inks on paper are like performance
pieces on the page, a moment captured. Floating, yet grounded in a
ferocity of the mind along with Mong-Lan's impeccable technique of
the hand and eye, the dancers tango in a centrifugal force of the
heart. Prize-winning poet, visual artist, Argentine tango dancer
and educator, Mong-Lan took her MFA at the University of Arizona.
Among her honors include a Fulbright Fellowship in Vietnam and a
two-year Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University. Her artwork has
been exhibited in the U.S. Capitol House, galleries in the U.S.,
the Dallas Museum of Art, and in public exhibitions in Buenos
Aires, Tokyo, Seoul, Bali and Bangkok.
An alluring gem of a chapbook, "Love Poem to Ginger & Other
Poems: poetry & paintings" follows Mong-Lan's much-lauded "Love
Poem to Tofu & Other Poems." An absolute treasure tapestry of
poems and paintings, this pocket-sized edition calls joy by its
true name and makes pleasure an art. "Mong-Lan's poems are fresh
and real as a street, full of the seriousness of pleasure. She has
the same sense of joy that Kenneth Koch loved in the courage to
sing, happiness of St.-John Perse. The courage of Frank O'Hara who
said that the smallest idea in one's own head was better than an
old idea in some other brain. . . . The Chinese speak of the three
perfections: poetry, painting and calligraphy. But Mong-Lan speaks
of the great imperfections that are better for being so. Her poems
are full of the bright primaries of her brushstrokes. . . . I
praise these poems of praise which collapse distance and makes us
feel, as O'Hara seemed to say, poetry is just a telephone call
away."-David Shapiro
In this highly unusual chapbook, memorable poetry and beautiful
calligraphic art are married to exquisite tastes. One immediately
identifies with Mong-Lan's poems, while with her calligraphic art,
one wishes to linger. And, the tastes remain, even after the pages
are closed. Whether Mong-Lan is singing of her love to food or
writing of Southeast Asia (particularly Vietnam and Thailand), her
poetry is quick-witted, humorous, vibrant, intoxicating and
worldly. One sips the words slowly, imbibes to smell, not only to
taste; then to devour wholeheartedly of what the soul sings.
Welcome to the tango, sensual, elusive and alluring. In "Tango,
Tangoing: Poems & Art," Mong-Lan extends an invitation to
explore with her the sensual world of Argentine tango through
poetry and art. Her striking poetry and elegant pen & ink
drawings of tango dancers illuminate and reveal this remarkable
world in an original manner that captivates and intrigues, leaving
you "breathless from its impassioned elaborations and imagistic
intensity." Prize-winning poet, visual artist and Argentine tango
dancer / teacher, Mong-Lan combines her talents and knowledge in
one beautiful, luminous book. Mong-Lan's honors include the Juniper
Prize, a Fulbright Fellowship in Vietnam, a Stegner Fellowship at
Stanford University, inclusion in Best American Poetry and Pushcart
Prize Anthology volumes. Her artwork has been exhibited in
galleries in the United States, the Dallas Museum of Art, the
Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the U.S. Capitol House, and in
public exhibitions in Tokyo, Seoul, Bali and Bangkok.
Bienvenidos al tango, sensual, escurridizo, y seductor. En "Tango,
Tangueando: Poemas y Dibujos," Mong-Lan extiende una invitacion a
explorar el sensual mundo de tango argentino a traves de la poesia
y el arte. Su impactante poesia y sus elegantes dibujos a pincel y
tinta de bailarines de tango argentino iluminan y revelan este
mundo de una manera original que cautiva e intriga. Poeta
galardonada, artista visual, bailarina y profesora de tango
argentino, Mong-Lan combina sus talentos y conocimiento en un libro
bello y luminoso. Entre sus galardones se cuentan el Premio
Juniper, una beca Fulbright, una beca Stegner para la Universidad
de Stanford, la inclusion en las antologias Best American Poetry y
Pushcart Prize. Sus obras de arte han sido expuestas en el
Capitolio en Washington D.C., en el museo de Bellas Artes de
Dallas, en el museo de Bellas Artes de Houston, en galerias en los
Estados Unidos y en exposiciones publicas en Buenos Aires, Bali,
Bangkok, Seul y Tokio.
In this striking first collection of poems, the grainy strangeness
of the modern world is transformed into a place at once knowable
and enduring. Mong-Lan conveys the certainty that even when the
world stops making sense, decency and beauty somehow survive. From
Saigon to San Francisco, she combines the earthly and the ecstatic,
the animal and the sublime, to create lyrics that tempt and haunt.
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