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The Minor Arts of Daily Life - Popular Culture in Taiwan (Hardcover)
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The Minor Arts of Daily Life - Popular Culture in Taiwan (Hardcover)
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The Republic of China on Taiwan is the last nation in the world to
be excluded from the United Nations. The world's seventeenth
largest economy and Asia's most vibrant democracy, Taiwan has
continually to convince the world of its historical independence
from the People's Republic of China. At the same time, however,
forces of history and contemporary economics make Taiwan's intimate
cultural and economic ties to the mainland another crucial reality.
Yet somehow under these singular conditions, the people of the
island go about their daily affairs, making themselves a remarkable
font of creativity and cultural innovation. The Minor Arts of Daily
Life is an account of the many ways in which contemporary Taiwanese
approach their ordinary existence and activities. It presents a
wide range of aspects of day-to-day living to convey something of
the world as experienced by the Taiwanese themselves. What does it
mean to be Taiwanese? In what way does life in Taiwan impart a
different view of Chinese culture? How do Taiwanese envision and
participate in global culture in the twenty-first century? What
issues (cultural, social, political, economic) seem to matter most?
What does ""China"" mean to them today? Focusing on such broadly
appealing topics as baseball, movies, gay and lesbian identity,
television shows, and night markets, the contributors seek to
introduce Taiwanese culture to a broad readership. In lively,
non-technical prose, they approach their topics from a variety of
disciplines in ways that will not only give students a
comprehensive view of Taiwanese life, but also provide them with a
range of theoretical perspectives with which to explore this
fascinating nation.
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