Ming-Li Yao
Biographic Data
| ID | 644458 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ming-Li Yao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ming-Li |
| FAMILY NAME | Yao |
| SIGNATURE | YAO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Soochow University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8342-6351 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Can Ambivalent Heritage Embody a Nation? The Meaning‐Making of Japanese Colonial Legacies in Contemporary Taiwan
This study explores how state and nonstate actors endorsed and utilised heritage from the Japanese colonial era to redevelop the cultural discourse supporting Taiwanese nationalism. Grounded in the methodological approach to social constructionism, this study examines how these actors created and recreated the meanings of ‘ambivalent’ heritage places to embody Taiwan as one ‘imagined community’. The results suggest that the state invented and rei…
Experiencing 'Taiwanese' nationhood in the ambivalent heritage from the Japanese colonial era
This study discusses how ordinary people experienced and reproduced Taiwanese nationhood in response to the ambivalent heritage of the Japanese colonial era. Heritage serves as a crucial instrument to convey the national imagining; nevertheless, it is unclear how ordinary people could gain a national meaning from the colonial-era heritage of hegemonic discourse. By interconnecting the theoretical ideas of ‘imagined community’ and ‘banal nationali…
Re‐imagining the ‘Taiwanese’ nation in the interpretation of the Chinese‐oriented heritage
This study aims to discuss how Chinese‐oriented heritage from Ming and Qing dynasties has been incorporated in the discourse of ‘Taiwanese’ culture to bolster the identity of Taiwan. Drawing upon the interconnected theoretical concepts of ‘imagined communities’ and ‘nationalising the past’, this study focuses on the ‘selective’ presentation of the Chinese‐oriented monuments in historic Tainan City, where the documented history of Taiwan began. Th…
The 'national' imagining of contemporary Taiwan
This study aims to discuss how the government and society of Taiwan have appropriated the heritage from Japanese colonial rule into the discourse of Taiwanese culture to bolster the national identity of Taiwan. The interconnected theoretical concepts of ‘imagined communities’ and ‘nationalising the past’ ground the analytical framework of this study. With a focus on the ‘selective’ presentations of the colonial heritage in historic Tainan City, t…
Creating and re-creating the nation of Taiwan
This study argues the state power and social efforts shaped and reshaped the contour of the ‘imagined community’ of post-war Taiwan from mainland China to the island with a focus on how the history of Japanese rule has been represented. By conducting a content analysis of officially published junior high school history textbooks (1949–2015) and interviewing history teachers, this study discusses how they present national past. The transformative …
The Symbolic Construction of Taiwanese National Identity
This study discusses the symbolic transformation of Chinese cultural heritage and argue that the national identity of contemporary Taiwan has evolved from Chinese to Taiwanese. The national heritage at Lukang Lung-shan Temple is used as the research case study. Through the method of participant observation of tours, this study discusses how social discourse in daily activities functions to drive the symbolic transformation of this Chinese cultura…
Creating and re-creating the nation of Taiwan
This study argues the state power and social efforts shaped and reshaped the contour of the ‘imagined community’ of post-war Taiwan from mainland China to the island with a focus on how the history of Japanese rule has been represented. By conducting a content analysis of officially published junior high school history textbooks (1949–2015) and interviewing history teachers, this study discusses how they present national past. The transformative …
The 'national' imagining of contemporary Taiwan
This study aims to discuss how the government and society of Taiwan have appropriated the heritage from Japanese colonial rule into the discourse of Taiwanese culture to bolster the national identity of Taiwan. The interconnected theoretical concepts of ‘imagined communities’ and ‘nationalising the past’ ground the analytical framework of this study. With a focus on the ‘selective’ presentations of the colonial heritage in historic Tainan City, t…
The Symbolic Construction of Taiwanese National Identity
This study discusses the symbolic transformation of Chinese cultural heritage and argue that the national identity of contemporary Taiwan has evolved from Chinese to Taiwanese. The national heritage at Lukang Lung-shan Temple is used as the research case study. Through the method of participant observation of tours, this study discusses how social discourse in daily activities functions to drive the symbolic transformation of this Chinese cultura…
Creating and re-creating the nation of Taiwan
This study argues the state power and social efforts shaped and reshaped the contour of the ‘imagined community’ of post-war Taiwan from mainland China to the island with a focus on how the history of Japanese rule has been represented. By conducting a content analysis of officially published junior high school history textbooks (1949–2015) and interviewing history teachers, this study discusses how they present national past. The transformative …
Re‐imagining the ‘Taiwanese’ nation in the interpretation of the Chinese‐oriented heritage
This study aims to discuss how Chinese‐oriented heritage from Ming and Qing dynasties has been incorporated in the discourse of ‘Taiwanese’ culture to bolster the identity of Taiwan. Drawing upon the interconnected theoretical concepts of ‘imagined communities’ and ‘nationalising the past’, this study focuses on the ‘selective’ presentation of the Chinese‐oriented monuments in historic Tainan City, where the documented history of Taiwan began. Th…
The 'national' imagining of contemporary Taiwan
This study aims to discuss how the government and society of Taiwan have appropriated the heritage from Japanese colonial rule into the discourse of Taiwanese culture to bolster the national identity of Taiwan. The interconnected theoretical concepts of ‘imagined communities’ and ‘nationalising the past’ ground the analytical framework of this study. With a focus on the ‘selective’ presentations of the colonial heritage in historic Tainan City, t…
Can Ambivalent Heritage Embody a Nation? The Meaning‐Making of Japanese Colonial Legacies in Contemporary Taiwan
This study explores how state and nonstate actors endorsed and utilised heritage from the Japanese colonial era to redevelop the cultural discourse supporting Taiwanese nationalism. Grounded in the methodological approach to social constructionism, this study examines how these actors created and recreated the meanings of ‘ambivalent’ heritage places to embody Taiwan as one ‘imagined community’. The results suggest that the state invented and rei…
Experiencing 'Taiwanese' nationhood in the ambivalent heritage from the Japanese colonial era
This study discusses how ordinary people experienced and reproduced Taiwanese nationhood in response to the ambivalent heritage of the Japanese colonial era. Heritage serves as a crucial instrument to convey the national imagining; nevertheless, it is unclear how ordinary people could gain a national meaning from the colonial-era heritage of hegemonic discourse. By interconnecting the theoretical ideas of ‘imagined community’ and ‘banal nationali…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Colonialism (4 works) · Cultural heritage (4 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (4 works)