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010 $a 2014018249
020 $a9780415836012 (hbk)
020 $z9780203362044 (ebk)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
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050 00 $aP119.32.T28$bC43 2015
082 00 $a306.440951249$223
084 $aLAN004000$aPOL000000$aSOC008000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aChang, Hui-ching,$eauthor.
245 10 $aLanguage, politics and identity in Taiwan :$bnaming China /$cHui-Ching Chang and Richard Holt.
264 1 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2015.
264 4 $c©2015
300 $aviii, 2 unnumbered pages of plates, 222 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
336 $atext$2r dacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aRoutledge research on Taiwan series
520 $a"Following the move by Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalist Party Kuomingtang (KMT) to Taiwan after losing the Chinese civil war to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the late 1940s, and his subsequent lifelong vow to reclaim the mainland, "China " has occupied if not monopolized the gaze of Taiwan, where its projected images are reflected. Whether mirror image, shadow, or ideal contrast, China has been, and will continue to be, a key reference point in Taiwan's convoluted effort to find its identity. Language, Politics and Identity in Taiwan traces the intertwined paths of five sets of names Taiwan has used to name China since the KMT came to Taiwan in 1949: the derogatory "Communist bandits" the ideologically focused "Chinese Communists"; the seemingly neutral geographical designators "mainland" and "opposite shore/both shores"; and the ethnic and national label "China" with the official designation, "People's Republic of China." In doing so, it explores how Taiwanese identities are constituted and reconstituted in the shifting and switching of names for China; in the application of these names to alternative domains of Taiwanese life; in the waning or waxing of names following tides of history and polity; and in the increasingly contested meaning of names. Through textual analyses of historical archives and other mediated texts and artifacts, the chapters chart Taiwan's identity negotiation over the past half century and critically evaluate key interconnections between language and politics. This unique book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Taiwan studies, Chinese politics, communication studies and linguistics. "--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 208-216) and index.
651 0 $aTaiwan$xLanguages$xPolitical aspects.
650 0 $aNationalism$zTaiwan.
650 0 $aCommunication in social action$zTaiwan.
650 0 $aCommunication in politics$zTaiwan.
650 0 $aDiscourse analysis$zTaiwan.
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aHolt, Richard,$d1949-$eauthor.