- Li Ang
Li Ang (李昂;
pseudonym : Shih Shu-tuan) (bornApril 7 ,1952 inLukang ,Taiwan ) is aTaiwan ese feminist writer. After graduating fromChinese Culture University with a degree in Philosophy, she studied drama at theUniversity of Oregon , after which she returned to teach at her alma mater. Her major work is "The Butcher's Wife" (殺夫: 1983, tr. 1986), though she has a copious output. Feminist themes and sexuality are present in much of her work. Many of her stories are set inLukang .The Butcher's Wife is critical of traditional
Chinese patriarchy . The heroine is sold into marriage with a brutal butcher much older than she. He dominates her sexually and takes pleasure in frightening her in various ways, including a visit to the slaughterhouse, after which the heroine in a disoriented state of mind murders him with a butcher's blade.See [http://mclc.osu.edu/rc/bib3.htm#L] for a list of translations of her fiction (page down).
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