Taiwan’s Contemporary Indigenous Peoples (Routledge Research on Taiwan Series)

This edited volume provides a complete introduction to critical issues across the field of Indigenous peoples in contemporary Taiwan, from theoretical approaches to empirical analysis. Seeking to inform wider audiences about Taiwan’s Indigenous peoples, this book brings together both leading and emerging scholars as part of an international collaborative research project, sharing broad specialisms on modern Indigenous issues in Taiwan. This is one of the first dedicated volumes in English to examine contemporary Taiwan’s Indigenous peoples from such a range of disciplinary angles, following four section themes: long-term perspectives, the arts, education, and politics. Chapters offer perspectives not only from academic researchers, but also from writers bearing rich practitioner and activist experience from within the Taiwanese Indigenous rights movement. Methods range from extensive fieldwork to Indigenous-directed film and literary analysis. __Taiwan's Contemporary Indigenous Peoples__ will prove a useful resource for students and scholars of Taiwan Studies, Indigenous Studies and Asia Pacific Studies, as well as educators designing future courses on Indigenous studies. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures List of tables Contributors Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Taiwan’s contemporary Indigenous peoples Chapter 2 Population movements and the construction of modern tradition within contemporary Taiwan Indigenous society Chapter 3 Making God’s country: A phenomenological approach to Christianity among the Sediq-Truku of Taiwan Chapter 4 Indigenous literature in contemporary Taiwan Chapter 5 Teach your children well: Traditional education in Indigenous-directed film from Taiwan Chapter 6 The shifting chronotopes of indigeneity in Taiwanese documentary film Chapter 7 The public rise and exhibition of Taiwan Indigenous art and its role in nation-building and reconciliation Chapter 8 The state of the nation: Contemporary issues in Indigenous language education in Taiwan Chapter 9 The changing representation of Indigenous peoples in Taiwan’s elementary social studies textbooks Chapter 10 Indigenous political participation and indigenous voting behaviour in Taiwan Chapter 11 Indigenous traditional territory and decolonisation of the settler state: The Taiwan experience Chapter 12 Conflict and reconciliation between civil law and Indigenous legal traditions: The case of land governance in Taiwan Chapter 13 Indigenous peoples and the politics of the environment in Taiwan Chapter 14 Restoring Pingpu Indigenous status and rights Chapter 15 The Austronesian narrative: The role of Indigenous heritage in Taiwanese diplomacy Index "This edited volume provides a complete introduction to critical issues across the field of Indigenous peoples in contemporary Taiwan, from theoretical approaches to empirical analysis. Seeking to inform wider audiences about Taiwan's Indigenous peoples, this book brings together both leading and emerging scholars as part of an international collaborative research project, sharing broad specialisms on modern Indigenous issues in Taiwan. This is one of the first dedicated volumes in English to examine contemporary Taiwan's Indigenous peoples from such a range of disciplinary angles, following four section themes: long-term perspectives, the arts, education, and politics. Chapters offer perspectives not only from academic researchers, but also from writers bearing rich practitioner and activist experience from within the Taiwanese Indigenous rights movement. Methods range from extensive fieldwork to Indigenous-directed film and literary analysis. Taiwan's Contemporary Indigenous Peoples will prove a useful resource for students and scholars of Taiwan Studies, Indigenous Studies and Asia Pacific Studies, as well as educators designing future courses on Indigenous studies"-- Provided by publisher