Cultural, Ethnic, and Political Nationalism in Contemporary Taiwan: Bentuhua

by A-chin Hsiau

Book Overview

This volume analyzes what is arguably the single most important aspect of cultural and political change in Taiwan over the past quarter-century: the trend toward 'indigenization' (bentuhua). Focusing on the indigenization of politics and culture and its close connection with the identity politics of ethnicity and nationalism, this volume is an attempt to map prominent contours of the indigenization paradigm as it has unfolded in Taiwan. The opening...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349531820
• ISBN13: 9781349531820
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"