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Divorcing China: the swing from the patrilineal genealogy of China to the matrilineal genealogy of Taiwan in Taiwan's national imagination
Geteiltes China: der Swing von der patrilinearen Genealogie Chinas zur matrilinearen Genealogie Taiwans in der nationalen Imagination Taiwans
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Abstract This paper explores the popular concept of the relationship between Taiwan and China as a feminine/ masculine dichotomy which has been constructed within Taiwan's national imagination. First, the authoress will focus on how this dichotomy has been created within the process of identity-shifting in T... view more
This paper explores the popular concept of the relationship between Taiwan and China as a feminine/ masculine dichotomy which has been constructed within Taiwan's national imagination. First, the authoress will focus on how this dichotomy has been created within the process of identity-shifting in Taiwan since the 1990s as manifested in Taiwanese pop songs. Second, she will demonstrate how it has been appropriated within the process of nation-building. Two primary questions will be addressed: How is the national imagination of Taiwan in Taiwanese pop songs constructed through maternal and feminine images? How is the matrilineal genealogy in Taiwanese pop songs appropriated by the opposition camp, namely the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), to mobilize voters? She will investigate, from a cultural studies perspective, how cultural imagination has come to serve as the vehicle to formulate resistance, mobilize voters, gain power and, most importantly, reconstruct Taiwanese nationalism within Taiwan's political limbo for decades. Furthermore, Margaret Somers' discussion (1993, 1994, 1995a, 1995b, 1995c; Somers and Gibson 1994) of narrative identity is adopted as the framework for this paper in order to look at how identities are constructed within and across multiple realms. Her research methods consist of conducting in-depth interviews and analysing texts.... view less
Keywords
social construction; Asia; Democratic Party (USA); nationalism; narrative; man; metaphor; communist party; president; transformation; pop music; Taiwan; woman; China; national identity
Classification
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Method
qualitative empirical; empirical
Free Keywords
Social science; national identity; songs; elections/ voting; contemporary; Matrilinearität; Patrilinearität
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 159-185
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 40 (2011) 1
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works