Indigenous Writers of Taiwan

An Anthology of Stories, Essays, and Poems
Provides a representative sampling of stories, essays, and poems from each of Taiwan’s nine indigenous tribes. This book explores such themes as the decline of traditional ways of life in Taiwan’s aboriginal communities, residual belief in ancestral spirits, assimilation into a society dominated by Han Chinese, and others.
Few people beyond the shores of Taiwan are aware that it is home to a population of indigenous peoples who for more than fifteen thousand years have lived on the island. Over the years, through the Chinese imperial period, the Japanese occupation, and for most of the twentieth century, the indigenous peoples of Taiwan were marginalized and deprived of rights. However, with the lifting of martial law in 1987, new government policies regarding ethnic groups, and growing interest in Taiwan’s aboriginal peoples, indigenous writing began to blossom. With its intense and lyrical exp