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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822393103321

Autore

Tung Wei Hsiu <1974->

Titolo

Art for social change and cultural awakening : an anthropology of residence in Taiwan / / Wei Hsiu Tung ; edited by Gerald Cipriani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, Inc., , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-7391-6585-2

0-7391-6586-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CiprianiGerald

Disciplina

306.4/70951249

Soggetti

Ethnology - Taiwan

Art and anthropology - Taiwan

Art and state - Taiwan

Art and society - Taiwan

Artists - Residence requirements - Taiwan

Taiwan Social conditions

Taiwan Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; Chapter One: Art as Sociocultural Representation; Chapter Two: Concepts and Practices in Artistic Residence; Chapter Three: Art in Taiwan: The Quest for Identity; Chapter Four: Artistic Residence in Taiwan; Chapter Five: Towards a New Genre of Artistic Residence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Artistic residency has become widely adopted in Western countries while only recently having become popular and well-supported within Taiwan. This book explores the challenges that this form of art practice faced in contemporary Taiwan from the revocation of Martial Law in 1987 to the 2000s-arguably one of the most exciting periods in the sociocultural history of the island. Case studies show what is at stake politically, historically, and socially in artists' endeavors to give shape



to a sense of Taiwanese identity.