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Chinese Working-Class Lives

Author : Hill Gates
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501719920
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Working-Class Lives written by Hill Gates and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taiwan’s working class has been shaped by Chinese tradition, by colonialism, and by rapid industrialization. This book defines that class, explores that history, and presents with sensitive honesty the life experiences of some of its women and men. Hill Gates first provides a solid and informative introduction to Taiwan’s history, showing how mainland China, Japan, the convulsions of twentieth-century wars, and the East Asian economic expansion interacted in forming Taiwanese urban life. She introduces nine individuals from Taiwan’s three major ethnic groups to tell the stories of their lives in their own words. The narrators include a fortuneteller, a woman laborer, and a retired air force mechanic. A former spirit medium and a janitor are among the others who speak.

Social Change and the Family in Taiwan

Author : Arland Thornton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226798585
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Social Change and the Family in Taiwan written by Arland Thornton and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the 1940s, social life in Taiwan was generally organized through the family—marriages were arranged by parents, for example, and senior males held authority. In the following years, as Taiwan evolved rapidly from an agrarian to an industrialized society, individual decisions became less dependent on the family and more influenced by outside forces. Social Change and the Family in Taiwan provides an in-depth analysis of the complex changes in family relations in a society undergoing revolutionary social and economic transformation. This interdisciplinary study explores the patterns and causes of change in education, work, income, leisure time, marriage, living arrangements, and interactions among extended kin. Theoretical chapters enunciate a theory of family and social change centered on the life course and modes of social organization. Other chapters look at the shift from arranged marriages toward love matches, as well as changes in dating practices, premarital sex, fertility, and divorce. Contributions to the book are made by Jui-Shan Chang, Ming-Cheng Chang, Deborah S. Freedman, Ronald Freedman, Thomas E. Fricke, Albert Hermalin, Mei-Lin Lee, Paul K. C. Liu, Hui-Sheng Lin, Te-Hsiung Sun, Arland Thornton, Maxine Weinstein, and Li-Shou Yang.

Taiwan Lives

Author : Niki J. P. Alsford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780295752150
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Taiwan Lives written by Niki J. P. Alsford and published by . This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a cradle of Austronesian expansion to the dynamic economic powerhouse and successful democracy it is today, Taiwan is layered in colonial histories. In Taiwan Lives, Niki J. P. Alsford presents a comprehensive examination of the island nation?s rich and complex past, told through the life stories of those who have lived it. A merchant, an exile, an activist, a pop star, a doctor, and a president are just some of the twenty-four individuals whose lives populate this people's history of Taiwan. Ranging across time, social strata, ethnicity, and political alliance, these tales offer snapshots of historical eras and illustrate the interwoven fabric of colonialism. Chapters can be read in sequence or individually. With clear and accessible prose, Taiwan Lives is ideal for undergraduate course use.

Everyday Musical Life among the Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan

Author : Jonathan P.J. Stock
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000376079
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Everyday Musical Life among the Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan written by Jonathan P.J. Stock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-19 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyday Musical Life among the Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan contributes to multidisciplinary research on music in everyday human life by pushing beyond the urbanized Western populations routinely featured in such writing. Based on ethnographic study in Buklavu, a village in southern Taiwan mostly inhabited by the indigenous Bunun, the book explores villagers’ contemporaneous musical engagements and pathways, paying heed both to imported music—such as TV theme tunes, karaoke singing, church hymns—and to the transformation of Bunun traditions through school and community interventions and folkloric festivals. The case study underpins a new, widely applicable, theoretical model for the study of music in everyday life in global society which is historically engaged, sensitive to individual and group diversity, cognizant of the interplay of the mundane and the exceptional, and primed to support applied research.

Taiwan by Design

Author : Annie Ivanova
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780975199831
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Taiwan by Design written by Annie Ivanova and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taiwan by Design is the first comprehensive book of the elements and influences shaping a new Asian design aesthetic from the Beautiful Island. The 88 curated objects featured in this book piece together a story of Taiwan's fascinating cultural make up and introduce design excellence that is on par with the ?best of the best? in international practice. Amongst them are technological innovations such as smart scooter, digital helmet and re-engineered skateboard, as well as Ming Dynasty inspired gifts, eco-furniture, even a burial urn! A major project authored by award-winning Australian curator Annie Ivanova.

Difficult Choices

Author : Richard C. Bush
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 081573834X
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Difficult Choices written by Richard C. Bush and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " How Taiwan can overcome internal stresses and the threat from China Taiwan was a poster child for the “third wave” of global democratization in the 1980s. It was the first Chinese society to make the transition todemocracy, and it did so gradually and peacefully. But Taiwan today faces a host of internal issues, starting with the aging of society and the resulting intergenerational conflicts over spending priorities. China's long-term threat to incorporate the island on terms similar to those used for Hong Kong exacerbates the island's home-grown problems. Taiwan remains heavily dependent on the United States for its security, but it must use its own resources to cope with Beijing's constant intimidation and pressure. How Taiwan responds to the internal and external challenges it faces—and what the United States and other outside powers do to help—will determine whether it is able to stand its ground against China's ambitions. The book explores the broad range of issues and policy choices Taiwan confronts and offers suggestions both for what Taiwan can do to help itself and what the United States should do to improve Taiwan's chances of success. "

Women and the Family in Rural Taiwan

Author : Margery Wolf
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804780780
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Women and the Family in Rural Taiwan written by Margery Wolf and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1972-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of Chinese society commonly emphasizze men's roles and functions, a not unreasonable approach to a society with patrilineal kinship structure. But this emphasis has left many important gaps in our knowledge of Chinese life. This study seeks to fill some of these gaps by examining the ways rural Taiwanese women manipulate men and each other in the pursuit of their personal goals. The source of a woman's power, her home in a social structure dominated by men, is what the author calls the uterine family, a de facto social unity consisting of a mother and her children. The first four chapters are devoted to general background material: a brief historical sketch of Taiwan and a description fo the settings in which the author's observations were made; the history of a particular family; the relation of Chinese women to the Chinese kinship system; and the interrelationships among women in the community. The remaining ten chapters take up in detail the successive stages of the Taiwanese woman's life cycle: infancy, childhood, engagement, marriage, motherhood, and old age. Throught the book the author presents detailed information on such topics as marriage negotiations, childbirth, child training practices, and the organization of women's groups.

One China, Many Taiwans

Author : Ian Rowen
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501766953
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book One China, Many Taiwans written by Ian Rowen and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-15 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One China, Many Taiwans shows how tourism performs and transforms territory. In 2008, as the People's Republic of China pointed over a thousand missiles across the Taiwan Strait, it sent millions of tourists in the same direction with the encouragement of Taiwan's politicians and businesspeople. Contrary to the PRC's efforts to use tourism to incorporate Taiwan into an imaginary "One China," tourism aggravated tensions between the two polities, polarized Taiwanese society, and pushed Taiwanese popular sentiment farther toward support for national self-determination. Consequently, Taiwan was performed as a part of China for Chinese group tourists versus experienced as a place of everyday life. Taiwan's national identity grew increasingly plural, such that not just one or two, but many Taiwans coexisted, even as it faced an existential military threat. Ian Rowen's treatment of tourism as a political technology provides a new theoretical lens for social scientists to examine the impacts of tourism in the region and worldwide.

Living Rooms as Factories

Author : Ping-Chun Hsiung
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 143990765X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Living Rooms as Factories written by Ping-Chun Hsiung and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed portrait and sophisticated analysis of married women working Taiwan's export factories.

The Taiwan Adventure

Author : Chris Banducci
Publisher : Bloggingbooks
ISBN 13 : 9783841771032
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Taiwan Adventure written by Chris Banducci and published by Bloggingbooks. This book was released on 2013 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an interesting view of day-to-day living in Taiwan. You will see the history, culture, and people in Taiwan through the keen eye of someone who's trying to adjust to a new culture, new language and new lifestyle in one of the most interesting countries in the world. You'll laugh at his cultural errors, and enjoy his unique perspective of life in Taiwan. Join Chris Banducci on one of the greatest adventures of his life...so far.

The Minor Arts of Daily Life

Author : David K. Jordan
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824864867
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book The Minor Arts of Daily Life written by David K. Jordan and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2004-03-31 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Minor Arts of Daily Life is an account of the many ways in which contemporary Taiwanese approach their ordinary existence and activities. It presents a wide range of aspects of day-to-day living to convey something of the world as experienced by the Taiwanese themselves. Contributors: Alice Chu, Chien-Juh Gu, David K. Jordan, Paul R. Katz, Chin-Ju Lin, Andrew D. Morris, Marc L. Moskowitz, Scott Simon, Shuenn-Der Yu.

Young Adults in Urban China and Taiwan

Author : DESIREE. REMMERT
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781032090245
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Young Adults in Urban China and Taiwan written by DESIREE. REMMERT and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compares aspirations and life choices among educated young adults in urban China and Taiwan. As two places that share a cultural heritage but very different political and economic systems, it assesses how the socio-economic and political trajectories of China and Taiwan have influenced young people's decision-making and the strategies they apply to realize their goals. Drawing upon ethnographic research, this book analyzes young adults' choices in the areas of education, career and marriage, considering their individual social backgrounds and economic resources. In this context, it also discusses how feelings of hope, doubt and disenchantment are mitigated by the specific societal atmospheres and ideological discourses. Whereas stable employment and marriage appeared to be universal goals, this book demonstrates how young adults in Beijing had more autonomy in decision-making concerning individual life choices than those in Taipei. Among other things, China's demographic controls and urban migration policies appear to increase the independence of young people from their parents. Further, the prevalence of boarding school education in China compared to Taiwan provides an opportunity for earlier autonomy for young people in China. Taking a comparative approach, Young Adults in Urban China and Taiwan will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of Chinese Studies and Taiwan Studies, as well as social and cultural anthropology and youth culture.

Vignettes of Taiwan

Author : Joshua Samuel Brown
Publisher : ThingsAsian Press
ISBN 13 : 9780971594081
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Vignettes of Taiwan written by Joshua Samuel Brown and published by ThingsAsian Press. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Joshua Samuel Brown first stepped out of the passenger terminal at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, he was a stranger in a humid land with insufficient funds, zero job prospects and an over-packed suitcase. Like much else in his life up to that point, his decision to move to Taiwan was based largely on random occurrence and cosmic coincidence. He was twenty-four years old, thousands of miles away from home, and at that moment the happiest man alive. This anthology of short stories, travel essays, photographs, random meditations, and political meanderings grew out of his years on the island formerly known as Formosa.

Taiwan in 100 Books

Author : John Grant Ross
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781788692007
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Taiwan in 100 Books written by John Grant Ross and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taiwan in 100 Books is the distillation of hundreds of titles and decades of reading into a riveting narrative of Taiwan from the early sixteenth century to the present. Long-time resident John Ross, the author of You Don't Know China and Formosan Odyssey, delves into the most acclaimed, interesting, and influential books on Taiwan, along with some personal favorites. Most entries are non-fiction works originally published in English (translated Chinese-language books will be covered in a separate upcoming title). Relive Taiwan's most dramatic historical event in Lord of Formosa and Lost Colony. Learn about the White Terror in A Pail of Oysters, Green Island, and Formosa Betrayed. Discover dated "time capsule" accounts such as Flight to Formosa and Taipei After Dark, and others like John Slimming's Green Plums and a Bamboo Horse that have stood the test of time. Turn the pages of obscure books such as The Jing Affair and Dragon Hotel, undeserved best-sellers like the The Soong Dynasty, and some of the best academic works. Experience unique facets of life in Taiwan in Shots from the Hip: Sex, Drugs and the Tao and Barbarian at the Gate: From the American Suburbs to the Taiwanese Army. Follow authors on their quests, whether conservationists going undercover to expose the illegal wildlife trade, adoptees returning to find their biological parents, or foodies in search of the perfect beef noodle soup. Taiwan in 100 Books is an accessible introduction to works on the country and and an enjoyable shortcut to understanding the country's history and culture. It's also a bibliophile's elixir packed with the backstories of the authors and the books themselves; there are tales of outrageous literary fraud, lost manuscripts, banned books, and publishing skulduggery.

Tanners of Taiwan

Author : Scott Simon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429976623
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Tanners of Taiwan written by Scott Simon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tanners of Taiwan is an ethnography of identity construction set in the leather-tanning communities of Southern Taiwan. Through life history analysis and ethnographic observation, Simon examines what it means to be Chinese - or alternatively Taiwanese - in contemporary Taiwan. Under forty years of martial law from 1947 to 1987, the Chinese Nationalist Party tried to create a Chinese identity in Taiwan through ideological campaigns that reached deep into families, schools and workplaces. They justified their rule through a development narrative that Chinese culture and good policy contributed to the prosperity of the Taiwan miracle. These ideological claims and cultural identities, however, have never been fully accepted in Southern Taiwan. This ethnography is the first to document from the ground level how those claims have been contested, and how a new Taiwanese identity has been constructed since democratization. Tanners of Taiwan provides more than a description of workplaces in Taiwan. Looking at the different perspectives of tanners, women managers, and workers, it demonstrates how cultural and other identities are constructed through dynamics of power and political economy. A small, affordable case studies book to be assigned with a core textbook in introductory anthropology courses. Shows how the US reader is connected to the seemingly distant lives of Taiwanese tanners. Simon follows hides from the US to tanneries in Taiwan, then elsewhere to be made into shoes and other leather goods, and then back to the consumer in the US - demonstrating concretely the notion of "global interconnectedness." Anchored in personal observation and ethnographic detail, the book makes very tangible such otherwise abstract notions as "national identity" and "global integration."

Popular Culture in Taiwan

Author : Marc L. Moskowitz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136903178
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Popular Culture in Taiwan written by Marc L. Moskowitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growing field of popular culture studies in Taiwan can be divided into two distinct academic trends; a different analytical framework is used to examine either locally oriented popular culture or transnational pop culture. This volume combine these two academic trends, firstly by revealing that localized popular culture in Taiwan is in many ways a merging of Chinese, Japanese, American, and indigenous cultures and therefore is a form of hybridity that arose long before the term became popular. Secondly, the chapters show that the transnational character of Taiwan’s pop culture is one of the more important ways that it distinguishes itself from mainland China. In other words, it is precisely Taiwan’s transnational hybrid character that helps to define it as a distinctive local space. The contributors explore how traditional Chinese influences modern localized lives in Taiwan, localized identity, culture, and politics as a contested domain with Chinese and traditional Taiwanese identities and Taiwan’s localization process as contesting Taiwan’s gravitation towards globalized Western culture. Including chapters on baseball, poetry, pop music, puppets and Harry Potter, Popular Culture in Taiwan is an accessible and stimulating read for those studying the culture and society of Taiwan and China as well as cultural studies more generally.

Taiwan: A New History

Author : Murray A. Rubinstein
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317459075
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Taiwan: A New History written by Murray A. Rubinstein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive portrait of Taiwan. It covers the major periods in the development of this small but powerful island province/nation. The work is designed in the style of the multi-volume "Cambridge History of China".