Towards A Post-national Practice: Nativist Fiction from Taiwan since the 1990s
Grant Data
Project Title
Towards A Post-national Practice: Nativist Fiction from Taiwan since the 1990s
Principal Investigator
Dr Lin, Pei Yin
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Duration
30
Start Date
2019-01-01
Amount
230000
Conference Title
Towards A Post-national Practice: Nativist Fiction from Taiwan since the 1990s
Presentation Title
Keywords
Han-aboriginal relations, indigeneity, nativist fiction, post-1987 Taiwan, post-national practice
Discipline
Literature,Area Studies (including Japanese Studies, China Studies, European Studies)
Panel
Humanities & Social Sciences (H)
HKU Project Code
17617218
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2018
Status
Completed
Objectives
1 To offer a more comprehensive and systematic understanding of nativist writing in Taiwan, with a focus on the nativist works produced since the 1990s. 2 To redress the common saturated optimism in which the relationship between the Han and aboriginal population is conceived. 3 To challenge the current narrow definition of nativist writing by extending the scope to ocean-based writing. 4 To problematize the Hoklo centrism prevalent in contemporary Taiwanese cultural nationalism by taking into consideration other (and often marginalized) nativist writing. 5 To introduce some of the most recent and well-acclaimed writing from Taiwan to a wider audience.