Cultural, Ethnic, and Political Nationalism in Contemporary Taiwan: Bentuhua [First Edition] 1403970203, 9781403970206, 9781403980618
This volume analyzes what is arguably the single most important aspect of cultural and political change in Taiwan over t
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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
I: Democratization and Nationalism......Page 22
1 “Taiwanization” in Taiwan’s Politics......Page 24
2 Why Bother about School Textbooks?: An Analysis of the Origin of the Disputes over Renshi Taiwan Textbooks in 1997......Page 62
II: Identity in Literature......Page 108
3 Being/Not Being at Home in the Writing of Zhu Tianxin......Page 110
4 The Indigenization of Taiwanese Literature: Historical Narrative, Strategic Essentialism, and State Violence......Page 132
III: Memory and the Built Environment......Page 164
5 Reading History Through the Built Environment in Taiwan......Page 166
IV: The “China-centered” Paradigm and Indigenization......Page 192
6 Indigenization Discourse in Taiwanese Confucian Revivalism......Page 194
7 The Movement to Indigenize the Social Sciences in Taiwan: Origin and Predicaments......Page 228
Epilogue: Bentuhua—An Endeavor for Normalizing a Would-Be Nation-State?......Page 268
Notes on Contributors......Page 284
C......Page 286
F......Page 288
I......Page 289
L......Page 290
P......Page 291
S......Page 292
W......Page 293
Z......Page 294
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
I: Democratization and Nationalism......Page 22
1 “Taiwanization” in Taiwan’s Politics......Page 24
2 Why Bother about School Textbooks?: An Analysis of the Origin of the Disputes over Renshi Taiwan Textbooks in 1997......Page 62
II: Identity in Literature......Page 108
3 Being/Not Being at Home in the Writing of Zhu Tianxin......Page 110
4 The Indigenization of Taiwanese Literature: Historical Narrative, Strategic Essentialism, and State Violence......Page 132
III: Memory and the Built Environment......Page 164
5 Reading History Through the Built Environment in Taiwan......Page 166
IV: The “China-centered” Paradigm and Indigenization......Page 192
6 Indigenization Discourse in Taiwanese Confucian Revivalism......Page 194
7 The Movement to Indigenize the Social Sciences in Taiwan: Origin and Predicaments......Page 228
Epilogue: Bentuhua—An Endeavor for Normalizing a Would-Be Nation-State?......Page 268
Notes on Contributors......Page 284
C......Page 286
F......Page 288
I......Page 289
L......Page 290
P......Page 291
S......Page 292
W......Page 293
Z......Page 294
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