{"product_id":"9780231510813","title":"Taiwan Under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945: History, Culture, Memory","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first study of colonial Taiwan in English, this volume brings together seventeen essays by leading scholars to construct a comprehensive cultural history of Taiwan under Japanese rule. Contributors from the United States, Japan, and Taiwan explore a number of topics through a variety of theoretical, comparative, and postcolonial perspectives, painting a complex and nuanced portrait of a pivotal time in the formation of Taiwanese national identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssays are grouped into four categories: rethinking colonialism and modernity; colonial policy and cultural change; visual culture and literary expressions; and from colonial rule to postcolonial independence. Their unique analysis considers all elements of the Taiwanese colonial experience, concentrating on land surveys and the census; transcolonial coordination; the education and recruitment of the cultural elite; the evolution of print culture and national literature; the effects of subjugation, coercion, discrimination, and governmentality; and the root causes of the ethnic violence that dominated the postcolonial era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors encourage readers to rethink issues concerning history and ethnicity, cultural hegemony and resistance, tradition and modernity, and the romancing of racial identity. Their examination not only provides a singular understanding of Taiwan's colonial past, but also offers insight into Taiwan's relationship with China, Japan, and the United States today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on a crucial period in which the culture and language of Taiwan, China, and Japan became inextricably linked,  \u003ci\u003eTaiwan Under Japanese Colonial Rule\u003c\/i\u003e effectively broadens the critique of colonialism and modernity in East Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184397926640,"sku":"9780231510813","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780231510813_p0.jpg?v=1763678592","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780231510813","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}