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Why Taiwan?: Anthropological Perspectives (Routledge Research on Taiwan Series) - Hardcover

 
9781041063612: Why Taiwan?: Anthropological Perspectives (Routledge Research on Taiwan Series)

Synopsis

This book considers why Taiwan matters independent of the China-centric paradigm by both examining anthropological research on Taiwan as well as how to study Taiwan anthropologically, re-asserting the ontological status of Taiwan as a legitimate object of scholarly inquiry.

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About the Author

Shuenn-der Yu is a research fellow at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

Anru Lee is Professor of Anthropology and Global Asian Studies at John Jay College, the City University of New York, USA.

From the Back Cover

This book situates Taiwan and Taiwanese actors at the center of knowledge production about Taiwan and re-asserts the ontological status of Taiwan as a legitimate object of scholarship in its own right.

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