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The making of ethnicity in postwar Taiwan: a case study of Kavalan ethnic identity.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The making of ethnicity in postwar Taiwan: a case study of Kavalan ethnic identity./
Author:	Chen, I-Chun.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2000,
Description:	326 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-03C.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International75-03C.
Subject:	Ethnic studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10631510
ISBN:	9780355017182

The making of ethnicity in postwar Taiwan: a case study of Kavalan ethnic identity.
Chen, I-Chun.

The making of ethnicity in postwar Taiwan: a case study of Kavalan ethnic identity. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2000 - 326 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-03C.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of London, University College London (United Kingdom), 2000.

This thesis attempts to conceptualise ethnic identity in a more comprehensive theoretical framework. It focuses on the Kavalan, a Taiwanese aboriginal group, in order to investigate why these people have strongly reasserted themselves as a distinctive ethnic group and pursued their minority rights since the 1980s, especially after a long period of sinicization and close interaction with other ethnic groups, when they were considered to have assimilated into mainstream Chinese society. This thesis thus examines problems of ethnicity and identity formation and explores the significance of the construction/reconstruction of Kavalan identity in relation to the historical development of Taiwanese culture and society. The discontinuity and revival of Kavalan identity provide a good example of the reconfiguration of an ethnic identity. The historical development of these people shows the situational and contextual character of ethnicity. The revival of the Kavalan identity reveals the political dimensions of ethnicity in relation to political mobilisation and self interest. As the Kavalan revival coincides with the process of redefinition of Taiwanese national identity, it is closely interlinked with the larger structures of nationalism and culture which highlights the problematic relationship between ethnicity and nationalism. In this thesis, I also examine other vital issues related to ethnicity, such as nationalism, authenticity, invented tradition, religion and, more importandy, the politics of representation. The representation of the Kavalan in written literature and the mass media has contributed to the formation of their identity, reinforcing the image of ethnic characteristics; however, the Kavalan have appropriated the media to represent themselves. I conclude by looking at another important aspect of ethnicity, that is, the determination of ethnic groups to mould their own identities.

ISBN: 9780355017182Subjects--Topical Terms:

1556779
Ethnic studies.

The making of ethnicity in postwar Taiwan: a case study of Kavalan ethnic identity.
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