Taiwanization and the radical performance of hybridity

The focus of this chapter is post-Martial Law Taiwan and the “new” Taiwanese identity. The demise of the Nationalist regime paved the way for democratization, the pro-Taiwan movements, and the ontology of becoming Taiwanese. The analogy for the latter is the eagle that transforms into itself. The transition to the new social order sparked an upsurge of literary production by marginalized groups: the indigenous group, women, the queer or gay orientation, and the excluded Chinese Mainlander ethnic group. The chapter argues that the accommodation of difference signifies the radical performance of hybridity. The Taiwanese subject position is the reigning stakeholder in the identity narrative.