Writer, Feminist
Degree: Ph.D. in English Literature
Graduation year: around 1990
Biography
Chang is one of the most influential writers in the Chinese literature on the subject of feminism.
Read moreChang Hsiao-Hung was born on Oct 30th, 1961 in Taipei.[i] She went to study at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, College of Liberal Arts, National Taiwan University,[ii] where she received her bachelor and master’s degree. She later went to the University of Michigan where she received her Ph.D. in English Literature.[iii] Chang is now working at the National Taiwan University as a professor where she focuses her research on the subject of Feminism, Literature and Cultural Studies.[iv] She was also a guest professor at the University of California, Berkley, General Director of the Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Association, Director of the Taiwan Cultural Studies Association, Associated Director at the Comparative Literature Association of the Republic of China.
Intellectual Influence
Chang is one of the most influential feminist writers in the Chinese literature world. Chang thrives in bringing sexual equality through her writings. Her representative works including Post Contemporary Women [后现代/女人] (1993), Gender Crossing: Feminist Literature Theory and Criticism [性別越界：女性主義文學理論與批評](1995), etc.[v] Chang’s writtings compose elements of prose, deconstructionism, psychoanalysis, and homosexuality, which helps her presenting her arguments against hegemonism from multiple perspectives.[vi]
Publication Showcase
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Bibliography *Profile photo obtained from: Guo li Taiwan da xue wai guo yu wen xue xi ji yan jiu suo国立台湾大学外国语文学系暨研究所 [Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures College of Liberal Arts, National Twiwan University] [i]Guo li Taiwan wen xue guan 国立台湾文学馆 [National Museum of Taiwan Literature]. http://www3.nmtl.gov.tw/Writer2/writer_detail.php?id=1252 (accessed: April 13 2017) [ii] Jiao yu bai ke 教育百科[Education Encyclopedia]. Zhang Xiaohong 张小虹. http://pedia.cloud.edu.tw/Entry/Detail/?title=%E5%BC%B5%E5%B0%8F%E8%99%B9 Accessed: April 13 2017 [iii] Jiao yu bai ke 教育百科[Education Encyclopedia]. Zhang Xiaohong 张小虹. http://pedia.cloud.edu.tw/Entry/Detail/?title=%E5%BC%B5%E5%B0%8F%E8%99%B9 Accessed: April 13 2017 [iv] Guo li Taiwan da xue wai guo yu wen xue xi ji yan jiu suo国立台湾大学外国语文学系暨研究所 [Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures College of Liberal Arts, National Twiwan University] http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/people/bio.php?PID=34 (accessed: April 13 2017) [v] Jiao yu bai ke 教育百科[Education Encyclopedia]. Zhang Xiaohong 张小虹. http://pedia.cloud.edu.tw/Entry/Detail/?title=%E5%BC%B5%E5%B0%8F%E8%99%B9 Accessed: April 13 2017 [vi] Guo li Taiwan wen xue guan 国立台湾文学馆 [National Museum of Taiwan Literature]. http://www3.nmtl.gov.tw/Writer2/writer_detail.php?id=1252 (accessed: April 13 2017)
