Politics and cultural nativism in 1970s Taiwan : youth, narrative, nationalism / A.chin Hsiau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hsiau, A-chin, author.

Series:

Global Chinese culture.

Global Chinese culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Taiwan.

Nationalism.

Nationalism in literature.

Chinese literature--Taiwan--History and criticism.

Chinese literature.

Youth--Political activity--Taiwan.

Youth.

Taiwan--Politics and government--1945-1975.

Taiwan.

Taiwan--Intellectual life--20th century.

Taiwan--Politics and government--1945-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Get real

Generation and national narration

Education, exile, and existentialism in the 1960s

The rise of the return-to-reality generation in the 1970s

The rediscovery of Taiwan new literature

The reception of nativist literature

Dangwai historiography

Conclusion: The renarration of identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-231-55366-8

OCLC:

1291506779