The Sweet and the Bitter of Drips

Modernity, Postcoloniality, and Coffee Culture in Taiwan

Bibliographic Data

ID2408388
AuthorsYi-Ping Shih (University at Buffalo, State University of New York, corresponding author), Cheng-Heng Chang (0000-0001-8709-7172, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Year2010
Volume10
Issue6
Pages445-456
Publication date2010-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCulture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1532708610372766
OpenAlexW2032741237
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited21

This article explores the history of coffee culture in Taiwan to highlight the complexities of the colonization and globalization of East Asia. Coffee is a not only drinkable commodity but it also carries unique cultural codes in postcolonial Taiwan. The authors recognize that local life and Western culture are entangled on this island, as a consequence of Taiwan's colonial legacy and globalization. By examining the transnational industries and mass consumption of coffee, the authors argue that there are multiple layers of cultural complexity in Taiwan that reflect a postcolonial cosmology of this evolving society. In this article, the authors aim to construct a glocal (global-local) picture for further discussion about the practices of modernity and global imaginations embedded in the everyday life of postcolonial East Asia

Business · China · Colonialism · Commodity · Consumption (sociology · Cosmopolitanism · Cultural globalization · East Asia · Economics · Economy · Everyday life · Globalization · Glocalization · Modernity · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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