- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Greenwood Press (30 Sep 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0313302987
- ISBN-13: 978-0313302985
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Taiwanese society is in the midst of an immense, exciting effort to define itself, seeking to erect a contemporary identity upon the foundation of a high distinctive history. This book provides a thorough overview of Taiwanese cultural life. The introdction familiarizes students and interested readers with the island's key geographical and demographic features, and provides a chronological summary of Taiwanese history. In the following chapters, Davison and Reed reveal the uniqueness of Taiwan, and do not present it simply as the laboratory of traditional Chinese culture that some anthropologists of the 1950s through the 1970s sought when mainland Chinas was not accessible. The authors examine ow religious devotion in Taiwan is different from China in that the selected deities are those most relevant to the needs of the Taiwanese people. Literature and art, particularly of the 20th century, reflect the Taiwanese quest for identity more than the grand Chinese tradition. The Taiwanese architecfture, festivals and leisure activities, music and dance, cusine and fashion, are also highlighted topics. The final chapter presents the most recent information regarding children and education, and explores the importance of the Taiwanese family in the context of meaningful relationships relationships amongst acquaintances, friends and institutions that make up the social universe of the Taiwanese. This text is a lively treatment of one of the world's most dynamic societies.
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GARY MARVIN DAVISON has very diverse teaching experiences as he has taught in prison, at four high schools and two universities, and at English-as-a-Second Language institutions in Taiwan, where he has lived for two lengthy periods and where he visits frequently - BARBARA E. REED teaches in the Religion Department and Asian Studies Program at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.
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ARRIVING ON TAIWAN in 1965 from the United States, a visitor might have felt that she or he had traveled back in time. Read the first page
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I liked this book very much. I thought that it was informative, and well written. I didn't think that the other review was helpful or made any sense. Thankyou Barbara E.Reed and Gary Marvin Davison for making such good book.
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