Re-writing culture in Taiwan

• Other Authors: Shih, Fang-Long., Thompson, Stuart., Tremlett, Paul-François.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Series: Asia's transformations.
• Subjects: HISTORY.; Civilization > Study and teaching.; Taiwan > Civilization > Study and teaching.; Taiwan.; Electronic books.
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Examining issues such as trauma, memory, history, tradition, modernity, post-modernity, and with chapters on nationalism, anthropology, cultural studies, media studies, religion and museum studies, this book offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of contemporary Taiwan.

Table of Contents:

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Contributors; Note on Transliteration; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Re-writing culture on Taiwan; 1 Re-writing religion: Questions of translation, context, and location in the writing of religion in Taiwan; 2 Re-riting death: Secularism and death-scapes in Taipei; 3 Writing indigeneity in Taiwan; 4 Re-writing museums in Taiwan; 5 Re-writing language in Taiwan; 6 Writing Taiwan's nationhood: Language, politics, history; 7 Re-writing cinema: Markets, languages, cultures in Taiwan.