(En) gendering Taiwan : the rise of Taiwanese feminism

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-vii Introduction: (En)Gendering Taiwan (Ya-chen Chen)....Pages 1-11 Siraya Concepts of Marriage in Seventeenth-Century Sincan: Impressions Gathered from the Letters of Two Dutch Missionaries (Natalie Everts)....Pages 13-24 Taiwanese Communist Feminist, Xie Xuehong: Li Ang’s Literary Portrait of Xie Xuehong’s Pre-1949 Feminist Activism in Taiwan (Ya-chen Chen)....Pages 25-52 “The Only Thing Oriental About Me Is My Face”: The True Picture of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek (Daniel Palm, Linda Chiang)....Pages 53-68 Cinematic Metaphors of Autumn Cicadas and Chilling Cicadas: The Way Out of Legal Bottlenecks in Sex Appeal (Ya-chen Chen)....Pages 69-83 An Investigation of the Huangmei Opera Film Genre: The Audience’s Perception of Ling Po’s Male Impersonation (Yeong-Rury Chen)....Pages 85-94 Factors Promoting Women’s Participation in Taiwan’s Politics (Cal Clark, Janet Clark)....Pages 95-113 Gendering of Academic in Taiwan: From Women’s Studies to Gender Studies, 1985–2015 (Bih-Er Chou)....Pages 115-147 From Women in Taiwan’s History of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to Recent Case Studies of Gender Practice Under the Academic Glass Ceiling (Jaung-gong Lin, Liang-wen Tsai, Ya-chen Chen)....Pages 149-180