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| Author | Qiu Miaojin |
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| Original title | 鱷魚手記 |
| Language | Chinese |
| Genre | Taiwanese literature, lesbian literature |
Publication date | 1994 |
Notes of a Crocodile (Chinese: 鱷魚手記) is a 1994 Taiwanese novel by writer Qiu Miaojin (邱妙津). It is one of the most significant Taiwanese lesbian novels of the 1990s,[1] and is also a significant work in Taiwanese literature.[2] The novel depicts the identity, emotional belonging, and self-exploration of lesbians, and uses the metaphor of a "crocodile" to represent a homosexual who is forced to live in disguise in a society that is dominated by heterosexuals.[3] The terms "crocodile" and "Lazi" (拉子) in the novel have become self-referential terms for lesbians in Taiwan.[4][5]
- ^ Tsai, Chih-chen (2017). "同志悲歌及其純愛：論邱妙津《鱷魚手記》、《蒙馬特遺書》的動物意象、性別政治與情感象徵" [Homosexuals Tragedy and Spiritual Love: The Animal Image, Gender Politics and Symbolic Affect in Notes of a Crocodile and Last Words from Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin] (PDF). Journal of National Taichung University of Education: Humanities and Arts (31). Taichung: 43–57.
- ^ Chen, Fang-ming (2011). 台灣新文學史 [A History of Modern Taiwan Literature]. Linking Publishing Company. pp. 617–618.
- ^ Chu, Wei-cheng (2001). "鱷魚手記》導讀" [Introduction to 'Notes of a Crocodile']. Literary Taiwan (39): 161–164.
- ^ Lin, Pei-ling (2011). "依違於中心與邊陲之間─論邱妙津作品中的女同志文化菁英氣質與性別邊緣位置" [Negotiating Between Center and Periphery: The Elite Cultural Traits and Gender Marginality in Qiu Miaojin's Works on Lesbian Culture]. Journal of Women's and Gender Studies (28): 107–131.
- ^ Chi, Ta-wei (2017). 同志文學史：台灣的發明 [A Queer Invention in Taiwan: A History of Tongzhi Literature]. Taipei: Linking Publishing Company. p. 403.