Politics and cultural nativism in 1970s Taiwan : youth, narrative, nationalism

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Politics and cultural nativism in 1970s Taiwan : youth, narrative, nationalism

Title remainder

youth, narrative, nationalism

Statement of responsibility

A-chin Hsiau

Creator

• Hsiau, A-chin

Subject

• Nationalism -- Taiwan
• Nationalism in literature
• Chinese literature -- Taiwan -- History and criticism
• Taiwan -- Politics and government -- 1945-
• Youth -- Political activity -- Taiwan
• Taiwan -- Intellectual life -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

"Taiwan increasingly sees itself as a modern nation-state, not as the Chinese government in exile, as its official name "Republic of China" asserts. This attitude shift can be seen in Tsai Ing-wen's recent landslide electoral victory and the decreasing popularity in Taiwan of the One-China policy compromise that has allowed the PRC and Taiwan to coexist, albeit carefully, in the world arena for the last 30 years. In this book, A-chin Hsiau traces the origins of this current moment to the 1970s, when student movements and literary and cultural forces played a pivotal role in the renegotiation of indigenous identity and the renegotiation of the national imaginary"--

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Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Global Chinese culture