Taiwanese Face, Chinese Masks

This book reveals how Yang Mu, a leading Sinophone poet, resisted Kuomintang authoritarianism through poetic strategies that affirmed suppressed Taiwanese identity. Engaging both Chinese and Western literary traditions, his work navigates ambivalence, hybridity, and historical trauma to express a localized cultural consciousness. By illuminating how literature can challenge dominant narratives and give voice to silenced histories, Taiwanese Face, Chinese Masks makes a valuable contribution to Taiwan studies, Sinophone literature, and postcolonial theory.