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.