Peter Kang
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824852764
- eISBN:
- 9780824869021
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824852764.003.0016
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter examines how history books written for the general public have changed their interpretation of Koxinga and his maritime regime after the lifting of martial law in Taiwan. It considers ...
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This chapter examines how history books written for the general public have changed their interpretation of Koxinga and his maritime regime after the lifting of martial law in Taiwan. It considers how Taiwanese society in general views Koxinga and his regime and whether Koxinga is still a hero of Chinese Nationalism as claimed by the Chinese Nationalists, or Kuomintang (KMT). The chapter begins with an analysis of popular books on the history of Taiwan, including Faxian Taiwan (Discovering Taiwan) and Taiwan lishi tushuo (Illustrated History of Taiwan), and goes on to explore what kind of political entity Koxinga's regime is portrayed in Taiwanese history and how Koxinga and his regime are being interpreted in the general trend of Taiwanese history. More specifically, it asks whether Koxinga and his regime still play a role as a moral story for political struggle against the PRC, or whether they are symbols for a newly born nation-state outside China. History and comic books for children and young adults are also discussed.Less
This chapter examines how history books written for the general public have changed their interpretation of Koxinga and his maritime regime after the lifting of martial law in Taiwan. It considers how Taiwanese society in general views Koxinga and his regime and whether Koxinga is still a hero of Chinese Nationalism as claimed by the Chinese Nationalists, or Kuomintang (KMT). The chapter begins with an analysis of popular books on the history of Taiwan, including Faxian Taiwan (Discovering Taiwan) and Taiwan lishi tushuo (Illustrated History of Taiwan), and goes on to explore what kind of political entity Koxinga's regime is portrayed in Taiwanese history and how Koxinga and his regime are being interpreted in the general trend of Taiwanese history. More specifically, it asks whether Koxinga and his regime still play a role as a moral story for political struggle against the PRC, or whether they are symbols for a newly born nation-state outside China. History and comic books for children and young adults are also discussed.
Graham Russell Gao Hodges
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9789888139637
- eISBN:
- 9789882208698
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888139637.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This is a biography of Anna May Wong, legendary Chinese American actress. Its covers her upbringing as second-generation Chinese America in Los Angeles. It uncovers early career in Silent Films, ...
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This is a biography of Anna May Wong, legendary Chinese American actress. Its covers her upbringing as second-generation Chinese America in Los Angeles. It uncovers early career in Silent Films, struggling to maximize value of her popularity move to Europe to gain greater fame and resist stereotyped racial roles. The book reflects her immense stardom in 1920s and 1930s and controversy over yellow-face casting in film The Good Earth. The reaction to Wong in Europe and her controversial reputation in China are also discussed. The book also mentioned her fifty-five films, television and radio shows and stage performances. Her personal struggles and accomplishments, support for China during World War II and later life can be seen through the book. It concludes with Wong's impact on Asian American cinema.Less
This is a biography of Anna May Wong, legendary Chinese American actress. Its covers her upbringing as second-generation Chinese America in Los Angeles. It uncovers early career in Silent Films, struggling to maximize value of her popularity move to Europe to gain greater fame and resist stereotyped racial roles. The book reflects her immense stardom in 1920s and 1930s and controversy over yellow-face casting in film The Good Earth. The reaction to Wong in Europe and her controversial reputation in China are also discussed. The book also mentioned her fifty-five films, television and radio shows and stage performances. Her personal struggles and accomplishments, support for China during World War II and later life can be seen through the book. It concludes with Wong's impact on Asian American cinema.
Liu Chao
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9789888528134
- eISBN:
- 9789882205949
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888528134.003.0010
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature
After Manchukuo’s establishment, survival of Chinese “new literature” experienced hardship under colonial cultural dominance. Debates over overarching themes, styles, and orientations for Manchukuo ...
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After Manchukuo’s establishment, survival of Chinese “new literature” experienced hardship under colonial cultural dominance. Debates over overarching themes, styles, and orientations for Manchukuo literature, along with treatment of Japanese culture's paradoxical influence, generated two opposing intellectual factions: the Record of Art and Literature and the Selection of Writings groups, which appealed to literary modernity and national cultural identity. The Record of Art and Literature group endeavored to reconcile modernization pursuits with entrenched national consciousness, thus laying emphasis on literary production's independence and diversity while linking Chinese literature's modernization with emulation of its Japanese counterpart. In contrast, the Selection of Writings’ major goals were “describing social realities,” “inheriting literary traditions,” and “writing by the common people”. Inheriting the May Fourth Movement’s nationalist discourse, they further radicalized it through native-land literature to highlight literature's socio-political function, with national salvation as ultimate goal. Thereby, they rejected colonial modern infrastructure and culture. However, their underlying aesthetic notions, topics, and stylistic features somewhat resembled those of colonial propaganda organs, eventually turning them towards anti-modern complicity with colonial ideology.Less
After Manchukuo’s establishment, survival of Chinese “new literature” experienced hardship under colonial cultural dominance. Debates over overarching themes, styles, and orientations for Manchukuo literature, along with treatment of Japanese culture's paradoxical influence, generated two opposing intellectual factions: the Record of Art and Literature and the Selection of Writings groups, which appealed to literary modernity and national cultural identity. The Record of Art and Literature group endeavored to reconcile modernization pursuits with entrenched national consciousness, thus laying emphasis on literary production's independence and diversity while linking Chinese literature's modernization with emulation of its Japanese counterpart. In contrast, the Selection of Writings’ major goals were “describing social realities,” “inheriting literary traditions,” and “writing by the common people”. Inheriting the May Fourth Movement’s nationalist discourse, they further radicalized it through native-land literature to highlight literature's socio-political function, with national salvation as ultimate goal. Thereby, they rejected colonial modern infrastructure and culture. However, their underlying aesthetic notions, topics, and stylistic features somewhat resembled those of colonial propaganda organs, eventually turning them towards anti-modern complicity with colonial ideology.
