Imperial Tokyo as a Contact Zone
The Metropolitan Tours of Taiwanese Aborigines, 1897-1941
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2133930 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jordan Sand (0000-0002-6531-9720, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466014027521 |
| OpenAlex | W4408534304 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Overlooked by most scholars of Taiwanese history and almost entirely forgotten in the history of Tokyo, sightseeing tours organized by the Japanese colonial government brought groups of Taiwanese aborigines to the imperial capital twenty-one times between 1897 and 1941. The aim of these tours was to show the aborigines the "light of civilization" and impress upon them Japanese superiority. The aboriginal tourists, however, did not always learn the intended lessons of their visit. The tours made Tokyo the stage for complex cultural encounters that undermined the simple imperial narrative of civilization and savagery
Ancient history · Archaeology · Contact zone · Ethnology · Geography · Metropolitan area · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Japanese History and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |