Identity Politics And The Study Of Popular Religion In Postwar Taiwan

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ID20046740
AutoresPaul R Katz (0000-0001-5181-2955, autor correspondente)
Ano2003
Páginas157-180
Data de publicação2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoCHAPTER
PeriódicoReligion and the Formation of Taiwanese Identities (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraPalgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781403981738_6
OpenAlexW2347015438
ISBN9781403981738
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas32

One of the most striking developments in the study of popular religion on the island of Taiwan has been the increasing emphasis on the ways in which local beliefs and practices may or may not contribute to the formation of a Taiwanese identity. Deep-seated resistance to Nationalist Party (KMT) education and cultural policies, as well as a growing interest in Taiwan's own history and culture have prompted a growing number of Taiwanese scholars to study popular religion.1 At the same time, however, research on Taiwanese popular religion has become enmeshed in an increasingly lively (and sometimes bitter) debate concerning the "Taiwaneseness" (or "Chineseness") of the island's culture. Like other debates about identity the world over, this discourse has centered less on discernible and objective distinctions between two groups of people (in this case mainland Chinese and Taiwanese) but on perceived differences often inextricable from the realm of sentiments and beliefs (Anderson 1991; Holcombe 1995). One interesting example of the impact of identity politics on Taiwan's scholarly community has been the intense debate in 1997 about the contents of a new series of textbooks to be used in Taiwan's middle schools entitled Getting to Know Taiwan (Renshi Taiwan), especially the volumes on history and social studies.KeywordsQing DynastyIdentity PoliticsTaiwan StraitJapanese OccupationFolk ReligionThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves

Aesthetics · Art · China · Mainland · Mainland China · Media studies · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Popular culture · Realm · Social science · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Gender Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philippine History and Culture