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Fractured Identities and Refracted Images: The Neither/Nor of National Imagination in Contemporary Taiwan

Fractured Identities and Refracted Images: The Neither/Nor of National Imagination in... in the use of the word state in this context is the recognition that, whatever identity constitutes Taiwan, it is one that is fiercely contested and unstable. The goal of this special issue is to investigate the variable terrain of Taiwan from a broad range of disciplinary perspectives and political persuasions and, as best as one can in a finite space, provide the East Asian cultural studies community with a mosaic of some of the most informed perspectives on Taiwan available. One never knows quite what to expect from the solicitation and referee process, but what we have ended up with is, I believe, a profound, if necessarily incomplete, picture of Taiwan today from the views of seven important scholars representing a broad spectrum of intellectual approaches that include sociology, anthropology, legal studies, film studies, literary studies, and cultural/psychoanalytic theory. Each essay focuses on something affecting contemporary Taiwan. These include: a study of the significance of certain Japanese manga representations of Taiwan and their repercussions (Joyce C. H. Liu), a historical perspective on the legal status of women in Taiwan in various marital situations (Chao-ju Chen), a discussion of the complex lives of Taiwanese who are temporarily settled http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png positions asia critique Duke University Press

Fractured Identities and Refracted Images: The Neither/Nor of National Imagination in Contemporary Taiwan

Lupke, Christopher
positions asia critique , Volume 17 (2) – Sep 1, 2009
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Duke University Press
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Copyright 2009 by Duke University Press
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1067-9847
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10.1215/10679847-2009-001
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in the use of the word state in this context is the recognition that, whatever identity constitutes Taiwan, it is one that is fiercely contested and unstable. The goal of this special issue is to investigate the variable terrain of Taiwan from a broad range of disciplinary perspectives and political persuasions and, as best as one can in a finite space, provide the East Asian cultural studies community with a mosaic of some of the most informed perspectives on Taiwan available. One never knows quite what to expect from the solicitation and referee process, but what we have ended up with is, I believe, a profound, if necessarily incomplete, picture of Taiwan today from the views of seven important scholars representing a broad spectrum of intellectual approaches that include sociology, anthropology, legal studies, film studies, literary studies, and cultural/psychoanalytic theory. Each essay focuses on something affecting contemporary Taiwan. These include: a study of the significance of certain Japanese manga representations of Taiwan and their repercussions (Joyce C. H. Liu), a historical perspective on the legal status of women in Taiwan in various marital situations (Chao-ju Chen), a discussion of the complex lives of Taiwanese who are temporarily settled

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