Cultural Change In Postwar Taiwan - Couverture rigide

Harrell, Stevan; Chun-chieh, Huang

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0813386322 ISBN 13 : 9780813386324

Editeur : Westview Press, 1994

Synopsis

This interdisciplinary study brings together perspectives from literature, anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, history, philosophy, and art to explore the culture of a fully industrialized society with a traditional Chinese background. Discussing the rich and profound cultural changes that have occurred in tandem with postwar Taiwans economic explosion, the contributors explore the countrys arts and literature, religion and rituals, and the everyday lives of its people. With its increasing wealth, a growing and better-educated urban population, and one of the worlds largest trade surpluses, Taiwan has shed its identity as an impoverished, war-torn nation and joined the ranks of developed countries. Yet, despite the attention focused on the countrys profound transformation, surprisingly little information exists on the concomitant changes that have occurred within the cultural matrix of arts and literature, religion and ritual, and the everyday life of Taiwans people.This interdisciplinary study brings together perspectives from literature, anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, history, philosophy, and art to explore the culture of a fully industrialized society with a traditional Chinese background. In addition, the contributors explore the importance of key cultural influences on Taiwan such as traditional Chinese agrarian society, the legacy of Japanese colonialism, the cosmopolitan West, and the unique aspects of the indigenous way of life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stevan Harrell is professor of anthropology at the University of Washington.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Westview Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813386322
• ISBN 13: 9780813386324
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 340
• Éditeur: EDITOR *
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