Introduction. Taiwan’s Literature of Transgressive Sexuality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20065032 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F Martins (0000-0003-1265-9577, corresponding author), Fran Martin |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-28 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Angelwings (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9780824861469-002 |
| OpenAlex | W1472156175 |
| ISBN | 9780824861469 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
On the first damp, gray day of 1999, an unsuspecting passerby en route to the vegetable market in Taipei's Gongguan neighborhood, near National Taiwan University, might have been startled to stumble on a street-side drag show in full swing, aswirl with all the fabulous frocks and stellar talents of some of the city's better-known drag artists.The inquiring pedestrian might then have peered through the window of the adjacent bookstore to see stacks of Chinese paperbacks and lifestyle magazines crammed into a tiny retail area, jostling for space with rainbow flags, buttons, and posters.It was the opening party for Gin Gin's, Taiwan's first dedicated gay and lesbian bookstore.Gin Gin's opening in the final year of the 1990s stands as a fitting culmination of a remarkable decade in which lesbian, gay, and queer sexualities became a major focus of public attention and anxiety in Taiwan's public sphere. 1It would not be an exaggeration to say that
Human sexuality · Sociology · Transgressive · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Geology · Paleontology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |