Women in the New Taiwan: Gender Roles and Gender Consciousness in a Changing Society

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Author: Catherine Farris

ISBN-10: 0765608146

ISBN-13: 9780765608147

Category: Asian & Asian American Studies

Sixteen papers explore the role of gender in Taiwan as the country underwent rapid socioeconomic and political change in recent decades. Farris (Asian studies, U. of Texas), Lee (John Jay College of Criminal Justice) anthropology, City U. of New York), and Rubinstein (Asian/Asian American studies, Baruch College, City U. of New York) have striven diversity in the collection, including authors of different nationalities, academic backgrounds and disciplines, genders, and generations. The...

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Introduction1What can feminist theory do for the study of Chinese history? : a brief review of scholarship in the United States32Sons and mothers : demographic realities and the Chinese culture of Hsiao143An island of beautiful women : the discourse on gender in Ch'ing travel accounts of Taiwan414From Shanghai to Taipei : exile and identity595Imaging "new women," imaging modernity : gender rhetoric in colonial Taiwan766Between filial daughter and loyal sister : global economy and family politics in Taiwan1017Internationalizing women's magazines in Taiwan1208Should women get equal pay for equal work? : Taiwanese men's attitudes in 1963 and 19911499Carousing and masculinity : the cultural production of gender in Taiwan17110The blue whirlwind strikes below the belt : male sexuality, gender politics, and the viagra craze in Taiwan19911Transcribing feminism : Taiwanese women's experiences22312Lu Hsiu-lien and the origins of Taiwanese feminism, 1944-197724413The story of power and desire : A brighter summer day27814Between bosses and workers : the dilemma of a keen observer and a vocal feminist29515Feminist art in Taiwan : textures of reality and dreams31016Women's liberation under "East Asian modernity" in China and Taiwan : historical, cultural, and comparative perspectives325