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Peking Opera and Politics in Taiwan

March 22, 2015

“Peking Opera and Politics in Taiwan” tells the peculiar story of an art caught in a sea of ideological ebbs and flows. Nancy Guy demonstrates the potential significance of the political environment for an art form’s development, ranging from determining the smallest performative details (such as how a melody can or cannot be composed) to […]
The Pirate King: Coxinga and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty

March 22, 2015

This is the fantastic true story of the infamous pirate; Coxinga who became king of Taiwan and was made a god – twice Sale Price:$26.56 0750932694
The Age of New Waves: Art Cinema and the Staging of Globalization

March 22, 2015

The Age of New Waves examines the origins of the concept of the “new wave” in 1950s France and the proliferation of new waves in world cinema over the past three decades. The book suggests that youth, cities, and the construction of a global market have been the catalysts for the cinematic new waves of […]
Democracy on Trial: Social Movements and Cultural Politics in Postauthoritarian Taiwan

March 22, 2015

Writing “an ethnography of democracy,” Ya-Chung Chuang masterfully describes and analyzes a multifaceted Taiwanese society. Contradicting mainstream research on political cultures, which relies heavily on survey data and statistical analysis, Ya-Chung Chuang produces an anthropologically inspired, contextually rich study using original source materials. He traces a genealogy of pivotal concepts, such as sovereignty, identity, and […]
Unifying China, Integrating with the World: Securing Chinese Sovereignty in the Reform Era (Studies in Asian Security)

March 22, 2015

This book contends that sovereignty, and more directly the extent to which it creates walls between any given state and other actors in the international system, lies at the core of China’s foreign relations during the reform era. Through a comprehensive survey of both Chinese and English-language sources, the author shows that during this period […]
When Valleys Turned Blood Red: The Ta-pa-ni Incident in Colonial Taiwan

March 22, 2015

“When Valleys Turned Blood Red” tells the story of colonial policies and their tragic impact on local communities. The Ta-pa-ni Incident was the largest single act of Han Chinese armed resistance during the fifty years of Taiwan’s colonial era. More than a thousand villagers and Japanese were killed during the fierce fighting and thousands more […]
Bamboo Shoots After the Rain: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of Taiwan

March 22, 2015

This remarkable anthology introduces the short fiction of 14 writers, major figures in the literary movements of three generations, who represent a range of class, ethnic, age, and political perspectives. It is filled with “unexpected gems”, writes Scarlet Cheng in Belles Lettres, including Lin Hai-yin’s story of a woman suffering under a feudal system that […]
The Isle Full of Noises

March 22, 2015

No description available. Sale Price:$56.88 0231064020
Fireproof Moth: A Missionary in Taiwan’s White Terror

March 22, 2015

Fireproof Moth is a mystery worthy of fiction. That the memoir is true makes it hard to put down or to forget. When convinced that the secret police were going to arrange an “accident” to kill his friend, the missionary decided he had no choice but to help well known human rights leader Peng Ming-min […]
Struggle across the Taiwan Strait: The Divided China Problem (Hoover Institution Press Publication, 542)

March 22, 2015

A concise and informative history of how China divided in 1949 into two regimes, why they struggled to achieve the same political goal-reunification of China—and why their struggle today continues in a more complex and dangerous way. The authors detail how the changes brought about by the 2000 election not only intensified the conflict between […]

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