(En)Gendering Taiwan (eBook)

The Rise of Taiwanese Feminism

Ya-chen Chen (Herausgeber)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2018
VII, 180 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
9783319632193 (ISBN)

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This book highlights the diversity and richness of non-Mainland China and Taiwan-oriented gender issues from a unique Taiwanese perspective, in contrast to previous studies that have often placed Taiwanese gender issues under the huge umbrella of Mainland Chinese, Communist Chinese, or P.R.C. women's and gender studies. In a follow-up dialogue to and with Liu's, Karl's, and Ko's The Birth of Chinese Feminism, this book looks at the various metaphorical details of that 'birth' and the different dimensions of Mainland Chinese versus Taiwanese feminism and gender issues. Although Chinese-heritage people share similar traditions, different gender problems have occurred in and challenged various local conditions of Chinese-speaking areas. Taiwan's gender issues have reflected Taiwan's unique historical, sociocultural, economic, political, (post)colonial, military, and diplomatic backgrounds, in ways unfamiliar to the many people with a Chinese background who are not Taiwanese. This volume gives a historical outline of the people and events that paved the way for the rise of Taiwanese feminism, and includes portraits of famous feminists, gender issues in institutions, and a variety of gender concerns.

 Ya-chen Chen is Associate Professor at China Medical University as well as a visiting scholar in Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University in the City of New York. Her academic books include The Many Dimensions of Chinese Feminism; Women in Chinese Martial Arts of the New Millennium: Narrative Analysis and Gender Politics; Women and Gender in Contemporary Chinese Societies: Beyond the Han Patriarchy; Higher Education in East Asia: Neoliberalism and Professoriate; Women in Taiwan: Sociocultural Perspectives; Farewell My Concubine: Same-Sex Readings and Cross-Cultural Dialogues.

Inhalt

Contents 5
Editor and Contributors 6
1 Introduction: (En)Gendering Taiwan 7
1.1 Multidisciplinary Perspectives 9
1.2 Blueprint of Book Contents and Contributors’ Perspectives 10
2 Siraya Concepts of Marriage in Seventeenth-Century Sincan: Impressions Gathered from the Letters of Two Dutch Missionaries 18
2.1 Introduction 18
2.2 Traditional Gender Relations: A Subjective View 19
2.3 Minister’s Aspirations 21
2.4 Cultural Outcome: Tacareij and Friends 23
2.5 Epilogue 26
References 28
3 Taiwanese Communist Feminist, Xie Xuehong: Li Ang’s Literary Portrait of Xie Xuehong’s Pre-1949 Feminist Activism in Taiwan 30
3.1 Political Portraits of Xie Xuehong: (Anti-)Communist and (Anti-)Colonialist Data 31
3.2 Numerous People’s Memoirs 35
3.3 Published Interviews 35
3.4 Old Feminist Activist Records 36
3.5 Feminist Activism, Gender Theories, and Li Ang’s Literary Works About Xie Xuehong’s Child Bride Era 37
3.6 Li Ang’s Additional Literary Work on Xie Xuehong’s Feminist Activism 39
3.6.1 Capacities to (Re)Name/(Re)Define Herself 39
3.6.2 Feminist Empowerment in the Erotic Game of Writing 40
3.7 After Xie Xuehong’s Literacy: Li Ang’s Further Work on Xie Xuehong’s Pre-1949 Feminist Activism 41
3.7.1 Women’s Literacy 41
3.7.2 Financial Independence in a Room of the Career Woman’s Own 42
3.7.3 Glass Ceiling 42
3.7.4 First Female Bicycle Rider: Feminist and Sexual Metaphors 42
3.7.5 Overseas Students’ Return to Reform Their Hometown or Home Country: Taiwanese, Chinese, Post-colonial, and Marxist/Socialist Feminism 43
3.7.6 Comparison and Contrasts 44
3.7.7 The Merger of Li Ang, Xie Xuehong, and Women 45
3.8 More and More French Feminist Theoretical Connections: After Li Ang’s Literary Portrait of Xie Xuehong 46
References 51
4 “The Only Thing Oriental About Me Is My Face”: The True Picture of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek 58
4.1 Introduction 58
4.2 Answering the Critics 60
4.3 Resources 61
4.4 Perception of China in Crisis 63
4.5 Political and Educational Work 65
4.6 The Lady and the Generals 65
4.7 Transition and Decision-Making 67
4.8 Charitable Work in Wartime China and in Taiwan 68
4.9 Conclusion 69
References 72
5 Cinematic Metaphors of Autumn Cicadas and Chilling Cicadas: The Way Out of Legal Bottlenecks in Sex Appeal 74
5.1 Metaphor of Qiuchan (?? Squealing Cicadas in the Fall) 75
5.2 Metaphor of hanchan (?? Chilling Cicadas, or the “Chilling Effect”) 78
5.3 Multiple Layers of Meanings of the Key Word “Appeal” 81
5.4 The Sounds, Voices, and Silence outside of the Control of the Metronome 83
5.5 Sloughing off the Cicadas’ Golden Shells 83
References 87
6 An Investigation of the Huangmei Opera Film Genre: The Audience’s Perception of Ling Po’s Male Impersonation 89
Abstract 89
6.1 Huangmei Opera Films: A Unique and Popular Chinese Film Genre Neglected by Cinema Studies 89
6.2 The Enigma of Ling Po/Brother Liang 91
6.3 Perfect Woman or Perfect Man? 93
References 97
7 Factors Promoting Women’s Participation in Taiwan’s Politics 99
7.1 Taiwan’s Postwar Transformations4 100
7.2 Women’s Socioeconomic Status in Taiwan 103
7.3 Women’s Political Status in Taiwan 106
7.3.1 Women in Political Office 106
7.3.2 Women’s Groups and Political Activism 109
7.4 Women in Taiwan 113
References 115
8 Gendering of Academic in Taiwan: From Women’s Studies to Gender Studies, 1985–2015 118
Abstract 118
8.1 Introduction 119
8.2 Literature Review 120
8.2.1 Women and Gender Studies Curriculum 120
8.2.2 Models of Institutionalization of Feminist Curriculum 121
8.3 Feminist Research in Taiwan 122
8.4 Women’s Studies as a Wing of Women’s Movement in Taiwan 124
8.4.1 The Institutionalization of Women/Gender Studies Program 124
8.4.2 Stages of the Institutionalization Process 128
8.4.3 The Sprouting Stage: The Pioneer Women/Gender Institutions 129
8.4.4 The Rooting Stage: The 1990s 132
8.4.5 The Formalization Stage: 2000 and Beyond 132
8.5 Gendering the Higher Education as a Feminist Movement 133
8.6 Mainstreaming Feminist Knowledge Within Curriculum: Agents of Change 139
8.7 Summary and Conclusions 145
References 149
English Sources 149
Chinese Sources 150
Websites 150
9 From Women in Taiwan’s History of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to Recent Case Studies of Gender Practice Under the Academic Glass Ceiling 151
9.1 Ancient Traditions of Women TCM Experts in Mainland China 152
9.2 Differentiation Between Mainland China and Taiwan 153
9.3 Three Waves of Women’s Movements in Mainland China 154
9.4 Three Waves of Women’s Movements in Taiwan 154
9.5 Taiwan’s First Female TCM Professor Wu Huaqing 157
9.6 Taiwan’s Female Administrative Heads of the TCM Doctors’ Association 159
9.7 The Third Wave of Taiwanese Women’s Movements in the Post-2000 Era 163
9.8 Verification from Anonymous Female Faculty 168
9.9 Conclusion 171
Appendix 1 176
Appendix 2 177
Appendix 3 179
References 180

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2017
• Zusatzinfo: VII, 180 p. 3 illus.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Chinese Feminist Activists and the Chinese Revolution • Education and Gender Issues in Taiwan • Gendering of Citizenship • Gendering the Chinese Socio-Religious Order • Gender Studies and Activism in Taiwan • Huangmei Opera Film Genre • International Migration Flow in Taiwan • Lü Hsiu-lien’s Political Career • Lü Hsiu-lien’s Political Career • Madame Chiang Kai-shek • Taiwanese Feminism Gender Issues • Women and Taiwan Politics
• ISBN-13: 9783319632193 / 9783319632193