In this Book
- Is Taiwan Chinese?: The Impact of Culture, Power, and Migration on Changing Identities
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: University of California Press
- Series: Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China
summary
The "one China" policy officially supported by the People's Republic of China, the United States, and other countries asserts that there is only one China and Taiwan is a part of it. The debate over whether the people of Taiwan are Chinese or independently Taiwanese is, Melissa J. Brown argues, a matter of identity: Han ethnic identity, Chinese national identity, and the relationship of both of these to the new Taiwanese identity forged in the 1990s. In a unique comparison of ethnographic and historical case studies drawn from both Taiwan and China, Brown's book shows how identity is shaped by social experience—not culture and ancestry, as is commonly claimed in political rhetoric.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. iii-v
- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- References
- pp. 279-301
- Character List
- pp. 302-308
- Production Notes
- p. 334
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520927940
Related ISBN(s)
9780520231825
MARC Record
OCLC
55529879
Pages
349
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No