Boy’s love novels in contemporary Chinese internet literature

Document Type

Book chapter

Source Publication

Divergence and Convergence in Global Cultural Production

Publication Date

10-1-2012

First Page

107

Last Page

123

Publisher

Taiwan ELT Publishing Co.

Keywords

Boy’s love novels, contemporary Chinese internet literature, female readers' response

Abstract

As the most important subgenre of Japanese tanbi (aesthetic) literature, boys’ love fiction (hereafter BL) refers to the (young and beautiful) male/male romances created by female writers and circulated among female readers. BL literature has become one of the most important and widely read literary genres in contemporary Chinese Internet literature. It is estimated that 50% of female Internet literature is tanbi literature. This paper aims to provide introductory research on this topic. It consists of two parts. First, the paper examines the history of BL literature in general, and it uses works by Konohara Narise, due to her great popularity and influence among Chinese BL literature readers, as examples to explore some of its particular characteristics. The second part of this paper focuses on the development of BL literature in contemporary China

Additional Information

ISBN of the source publication: 9789866760105

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Wei, Y. V. (2012). Boy’s love novels in contemporary chinese internet literature. In Pengxiang Chen, & Terence Russell (Eds.), Divergence and convergence in global cultural production (pp. 107-123). Taiwan: Taiwan ELT Publishing Co.

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