Hsin-Yi Lu

The Politics of Locality (eBook, ePUB)

Making a Nation of Communities in Taiwan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

During the mid-1990s, Taiwan witnessed a remarkable proliferation of historical writings and cultural movements pertaining to 'the local'. 'Place (difang)' and 'community (shequ)' became two ubiquitous terms in the lexicon of being Taiwanese. This book is a critical examination of the socio-historical condition in which the discourse of local diversity emerged and gradually permeated Taiwan's public culture. Interweaving ethnographic sensibility and theoretical insights across disciplines, including anthropology, cultural studies and cultural geography the study elucidates the complex relationships between localism, nationalism and globalism. Not only is it a rare type of ethnography in Taiwan studies, this book also enriches our understanding of the increasingly significant field of East Asia (post)modernity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136749148
• Artikelnr.: 38276361

Autorenporträt

Hsin-Yi Lu

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Taiwan: Contested Identities Fieldwork Encounter On
Ethnographic Positionality Framework of Chapters 1. Mapping the Local in a
Global Terrain Reappraisal of Culture Workers by a Transformed State
Globalization and Localization - An Issue for Contestation The Significance
of Place in Anthropology Place and Structural Nostalgia East Asian
Modernity Locality and Nation-state in the Global Terrain Spaces of Hope 2.
The Emergence of Local Culture Cultural Transformation in 1990s Taiwan
Cultural Policy in Taiwan before the 1990s The Rise of Community Culture
The National Festival of Culture and Arts Textbook Reform Proliferation of
the Local Culture Workers Concluding Remarks 3. Localizing the National
Past: Historic Preservation in Tanshui A Geo-historical Sketch of Tanshui
Hobei Cultural and Historical Society Tanshui Homeland Study Group and
Missionary Nostalgia Tanshui Cultural Foundation and its Unfinished Project
The Controversy over the Riverfront Express Highway Project Concluding
Remarks 4. Localizing the National Future: Place-Making Movement in Ilan
Ilan County - Geography and History A Brief Political History The Spiritual
Homeland of Taiwanese People Creating a Space for Local History Colonial
Nostalgia New Architecture Movement - Creating a New Landscape Ilan
Residential House Project Community-building Policy Conflicting Visions,
Contested Identities Creating a Cannon of Ilan Culture 5. Searching for an
Authentic Community Invention of 'Local Culture' A Geographical Sketch of
Baimi The Establishment of the Baimi Community Development Association The
Intervention of the State and County Government Spectacle Consumerism The
Divisions within the Community What is 'Community?' Conclusion 6. Enactment
of a Nationscape: Travelling the Local DifferenceS Tourism in History
Tanshui: National Historic Town - The Foreign is Our Past Mass Rapid
Transit: Modern Time, Global Space Dadaocheng: History is an Exotic Place
Ilan: History is in Our Future Tour of Ilan Conclusion Afterword
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