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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959884803321

Autore

Harrison Mark <1968->

Titolo

Legitimacy, Meaning and Knowledge in the Making of Taiwanese Identity / / by M. Harrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006

ISBN

9786611361198

9781281361196

1281361194

9780230601697

0230601693

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Classificazione

15.75

74.21

Disciplina

305.8951051249

Soggetti

Asia - Politics and government

Ethnology - Asia

Culture

International relations

Ethnology - America

Political science

Asian Politics

Asian Culture

International Relations

American Culture

Political Science

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

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Romanization; Chapter 1 Epistemologies; Chapter 2 Explaining National Identity; Chapter 3 Legitimizing Taiwan; Chapter 4 Elaborating Taiwan; Chapter 5 Writing Taiwan; Chapter 6 New Narratives; Chapter 7 New Epistemologies; Chapter 8 New Taiwanese; Notes; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Harrison offers a new, critical approach to understanding the formation of Taiwan's identity. It applies contemporary social theory and historiography to a wealth of detail on Taiwanese politics, culture and society.