| Description |
viii, 278 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Taiwan's history : an introduction / Andrew D. Morris -- Fowl play : chicken-beheading rituals and dispute resolution in Taiwan / Paul R. Katz -- Pop in hell : Chinese representations of purgatory in Taiwan / David K. Jordan -- From hidden kingdom to rainbow community : the making of gay and lesbian identity in Taiwan / Scott Simon -- Taiwan's mass-mediated crisis discourse : pop politics in an era of political TV call-in shows / Alice R. Chu -- The other woman in your home : social and racial discourses on "foreign maids" in Taiwan / Chin-Ju Lin -- Hot and noisy : Taiwan's night market culture / Shuenn-Der Yu -- Disciplined bodies in direct selling : Amway and alternative economic culture in Taiwan / Chien-Juh Gu -- Baseball, history, the local and the global in Taiwan / Andrew D. Morris -- Yang-sucking she-demons : penetration, fear of castration, and other Freudian angst in modern Chinese cinema / Marc L. Moskowitz |
| Summary |
The Minor Arts of Daily Life is an account of the many ways in which contemporary Taiwanese approach their ordinary existence and activities. It presents a wide range of aspects of day-to-day living to convey something of the world as experienced by the Taiwanese themselves |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography, pages 247-268 |
| Subject |
Popular culture -- Taiwan.
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| SUBJECT |
Taiwan -- Social conditions -- 2000- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003010409
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Taiwan -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85132004 -- 1988-
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| Author |
Jordan, David K.
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Moskowitz, Marc L.
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Morris, Andrew D.
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| LC no. |
2003015330 |
| ISBN |
0824827376 hbk., alk. paper |
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0824828003 pbk., alk. paper |
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