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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Introduction
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Democratization and Nationalism
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Identity in Literature
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Memory and the Built Environment
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The “China-cebrered” Paradigm and Indigenization
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"Cultural, Ethnic and Political Nationalism in Contemporary Taiwan offers timely discussions on important changes in today's Taiwan. Having situated Taiwan in a global context and characterized the "bentuha" as a nationalist endeavor, the contributors of this volume examine carefully the island's colonial legacy, post-colonial experience and ongoing confrontation with mainland China. Their studies provide not only valuable and up-to-date information on Taiwan but also interesting and insightful perspectives on the persistent influence of nationalism and colonialism in this postcolonial and globalizing world." - Q. Edward Wang, Rowan University
"This book provides its readers with an assessment of the cultural and ethnic variables that help answer the question whether or not Taiwan should and/or will become part of China. This is a very critical question: The "Taiwan issue" constitutes a seemingly non-negotiable matter between the world's sole superpower, the United States, and the region's fast rising power, China; the result is that the Taiwan Strait is the world's number one "flashpoint" (or place where a conflict might occur with major powers employing weapons of mass destruction). Starting with the basics may be the key to finding a solution to prevent that." - John F. Copper, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee "The first volume in any language to comprehensively address the theme of indigenization in Taiwan, Makeham and Hsiau s work probes the various meanings of bentuhua from an array of interdisciplinary perspectives. This is a set of nuanced, historically-informed readings that treats an incendiary topic with temperance and sophistication. - Christopher Lupke, Washington State University
About the authors
A-CHIN HSIAU is a Fellow in the Institute of Sociology at Academica Sinica, Taiwan.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cultural, Ethnic, and Political Nationalism in Contemporary Taiwan
Book Subtitle: Bentuhua
Editors: John Makeham, A-chin Hsiau
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403980618
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-7020-6Published: 06 September 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-53182-0Published: 06 September 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-8061-8Published: 19 August 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 289
Topics: Asian Politics, Regional and Cultural Studies, Political Science, International Relations