Hui-Ching Chang, Richard Holt

Language, Politics and Identity in Taiwan

Naming China

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Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the intertwined paths of five sets of names Taiwan has used to name China since the KMT came to Taiwan in 1949. In doing so, it explores how Taiwanese identities are constituted and reconstituted in the shifting and switching of names for China; in the application of these names to alternative domains of Taiwanese life; in the waning or waxing of names following tides of history and polity; and in the increasingly contested meaning of names. Through textual analyses of historical archives and other mediated texts and artifacts, the chapters chart Taiwan's identity negotiation over the past half century and critically evaluate key interconnections between language and politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9781138095038
• ISBN-10: 1138095036
• Artikelnr.: 57044171

Autorenporträt

Hui-Ching Chang is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and Associate Dean for the Honors College at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. Richard Holt is Professor of Communication Studies at Northern Illinois University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1.Naming China-Political Art as Challenges 2. Communist Bandits (Gongfei,
)-the Evil Enemy 3. Chinese Communists (zhonggong,
)-the Ideological Identifier 4. The Mainland (Dalu,
)-the Nostalgic Never-Land 5. Opposite Shore (duian) and "Both Shores" (liangan)-the Separated Partner 6. China (zhongguo,
) and The PRC (zhonghuarenmingongheguo,
): "Us" or "Them"? 7. Further Thoughts