Is Taiwan Chinese? - The Impact of Culture, Power, and Migration on Changing Identities (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China, 2
Release date:	February 2004
First published:	February 2004
Authors:	Melissa J Brown
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	349
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-23182-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General
LSN:	0-520-23182-1
Barcode:	9780520231825

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