Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 218 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Asia's transformations |
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Asia's transformations.
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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 |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
HISTORY.
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Civilization -- Study and teaching
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SUBJECT |
Taiwan -- Civilization -- Study and teaching
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Subject |
Taiwan
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Shih, Fang-Long.
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Thompson, Stuart.
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Tremlett, Paul-François.
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ISBN |
9780203888353 |
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0203888359 |
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