Religion and the formation of Taiwanese identities / edited by Paul R. Katz and Murray A. Rubinstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Katz, Paul R., 1961-

Rubinstein, Murray A., 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and politics--Taiwan.

Religion and politics.

Nationalism--Taiwan.

Nationalism.

Taiwan.

Physical Description:

294 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

This volume examines the creation of forms of individual and group identity in Taiwan, the relationship between these forms of identity, and patterns of Taiwanese religion, politics, and culture. The contributors explore the Taiwanese sense of self, attempting to discern how Taiwanese identify themselves as individuals and as collectivities. Ranging from the local to the national level and within the larger Chinese cultural and religious universe, these essays explore the complex nature of identity/role and the processes of identity formation which have shaped Taiwan's multi-leveled past and its many faceted present.

Contents:

1. The Many Meanings of Identity: An Introduction / Paul R. Katz, Murray A. Rubinstein 1

2. On the Origins and Transformation of Taiwanese National Identity / Mau-kuei Chang 23

3. Shifting National Identities in Public Spheres: A Cultural Account of Political Transformation in Taiwan / Duujian Tsai 59

4. Hand Puppet Theater Performance: Emergent Structures and the Resurgence of Taiwanese Identity / Sue-mei Wu 99

5. The Quest for Difference versus the Wish to Assimilate: Taiwan's Aborigines and their Struggle for Cultural Survival in Times of Multiculturalism / Michael Rudolph 123

6. Identity politics and the Study of Popular Religion in Postwar Taiwan / Paul R. Katz 157

7. "Medium/Message" in Taiwan's Mazu-Cult Centers: Using "Time, Space, and Word" to Foster Island-Wide Spiritual Consciousness and Local, Regional, and National Forms of Institutional Identity / Murray A. Rubinstein 181

8. Righteous Brothers and Demon Slayers: Subjectivities and Collective Identities in Taiwanese Temple Processions / Avron A. Boretz 219

9. Anthropology and Identity Politics in Taiwan: The Relevance of Local Religion / P. Steven Sangren 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312239696

OCLC:

50745132