1st Edition
Why Taiwan? Anthropological Perspectives
This book considers why Taiwan matters independent of the China-centric paradigm by both examining anthropological research on Taiwan as well as how to study Taiwan anthropologically, re-asserting the ontological status of Taiwan as a legitimate object of scholarly inquiry.
Meanings of Why Taiwan? – An Introduction
By Anru LEE and Shuenn-der YU
1.Why Taiwan Mattered: Oral Histories from the Cold War Anglophone Anthropology of China in Taiwan
By Derek SHERIDAN
2. Taiwan Doesn’t Matter Until It Does: Navigating the Crossroads of China and Taiwan Studies
By Marc L. MOSKOWITZ
3. Indigenous Lives Matter: The Relevance of Indigeneity to Taiwan and to Anthropology
By Scott E. SIMON
4. Imports via a Conduit: An Anthropological Encounter with Taiwan in Mainland China
By Jinghong ZHANG
5. When a Local Invented Tradition Becomes Heritage Culture for All of China: The Paradox of Taiwan’s Tea Art
By Shuenn-der YU
6. From Sea Goddess to Peace Goddess: The Export of Taiwan’s Cult of Mazu
By Hsun CHANG
7. Gambling and Affect: Risking and Daring in Cold War Matsu
By Wei-ping LIN
8. Revisiting “Taiwanese Food Culture”: The Culinary Contact Zone of East and Southeast Asian Foodways
By Yujen CHEN
9. Worlding Taiwanese Aquaculture Technology: Science Diplomacy, Experts, and Know-How Transfer
By Eric Siu-kei CHENG
Afterword to Why Taiwan?
By Robert P. WELLER
Biography
Shuenn-der Yu is a research fellow at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
Anru Lee is Professor of Anthropology and Global Asian Studies at John Jay College, the City University of New York, USA.
