Li Ang

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Li Ang (李昂; pseudonym: Shih Shu-tuan) (born April 7, 1952 in Lukang, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese feminist writer. After graduating from Chinese Culture University with a degree in Philosophy, she studied drama at the University of Oregon, after which she returned to teach at her alma mater. Her major work is The Butcher's Wife (殺夫: 1983, tr. 1986), though she has a copious output. Feminist themes and sexuality are present in much of her work. Many of her stories are set in Lukang.

The Butcher's Wife is critical of traditional Chinese patriarchy. The heroine is sold into marriage with a brutal butcher much older than she. He dominates her sexually and takes pleasure in frightening her in various ways, including a visit to the slaughterhouse, after which the heroine in a disoriented state of mind murders him with a butcher's blade.

See [1] for a list of translations of her fiction (page down).