The Minor Arts of Daily Life: Popular Culture in Taiwan

Published by University of Hawaii Press 2004

The Minor Arts of Daily Life

Popular Culture in Taiwan

Edited by: David K. Jordan , Andrew D. Morris and Marc L. Moskowitz

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824864866

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
part I: Background a history troubled and glorious
1. Taiwan’s History: An Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Fowl Play: Chicken-Beheading Rituals and Dispute Resolution in Taiwan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3. Pop in Hell : Representations of Purgatory in Taiwan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
part III: An Emerging Public Sphere: saying now what could not be said before
4. From Hidden Kingdom to Rainbow Community: The Making of Gay and Lesbian Identity in Taiwan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
5. Taiwan’s Mass-Mediated Crisis Discourse: Pop Politics in an Era of Political TV Call-in Shows Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
part IV Economic Life: money and meaning
6. The Other Woman in Your Home: Social and Racial Discourses on “Foreign Maids” in Taiwan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
7. Hot and Noisy: Taiwan’s Night Market Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
8. Disciplined Bodies in Direct Selling: Amway and Alternative Economic Culture in Taiwan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
part V: Entertainment and the Audience: living for the moment and moments for the living
9. Baseball, History, the Local and the Global in Taiwan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
10. Yang-Sucking She-Demons: Penetration, Fear of Castration, and Other Freudian Angst in Modern Chinese Cinema Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Glossary of Characters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271

Language: English
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: illus.

eBook

Published: March 31, 2004
ISBN: 9780824864866