Natalia Sui-hung Chan explores the political, linguistic and cultural tensions of being both from Hong Kong and a feminist in her first major bilingual collection in English. A prolific poet and critic, she writes in Cantonese, sprinkling her work with pop culture references, and engaging directly with the current turmoil in Hong Kong politics and society, as well as the shifting interventions with the international community. Chan is best known for her award-winning Chinese collection Flying Coffin. Her interests include cultural and film theory, gender studies, popular culture, performance studies, cross-dressing and fashion.
Pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Zephyr Press
Release
May 16, 2017
ISBN
1938890183
ISBN 13
9781938890185
Days When I Hide My Corpse in a Cardboard Box: Selected Poems of Natalia Chan
Natalia Sui-hung Chan explores the political, linguistic and cultural tensions of being both from Hong Kong and a feminist in her first major bilingual collection in English. A prolific poet and critic, she writes in Cantonese, sprinkling her work with pop culture references, and engaging directly with the current turmoil in Hong Kong politics and society, as well as the shifting interventions with the international community. Chan is best known for her award-winning Chinese collection Flying Coffin. Her interests include cultural and film theory, gender studies, popular culture, performance studies, cross-dressing and fashion.