Taiwans Modern Identity Reimagined by Rosemary Haddon - 9781041174875

Taiwans Modern Identity ReimaginedBecoming Taiwanese\nAuthor(s): Rosemary Haddon\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041174875, 978-1041174875\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the formation of Taiwans modern identity during the course of the twentieth century and its intersection with the new Taiwanese identity.\n\nMapping the identity formation to the successive regimes of the twentieth century that are colonial, neocolonial, and nationalistic, this book traverses the spaces of history, culture, politics, and literature to arrive at the ontological performance of becoming Taiwanese. It argues that Taiwans modern identity bears the footprint of its successive hegemonies, shaped by the transition from one form of othering to another and from one form of becoming to another. By interpreting the salient events of the historical past that shaped the identity and explaining the transition to the present, the chapters of thi.