Cultural, Ethnic, and Political Nationalism in Contemporary Taiwan

1. Introduction
John Makeham

I. Democratization and Nationalism

2. “Taiwanization” in Taiwan’s Politics
J. Bruce Jacobs

3. Why Bother about School Textbooks?: An Analysis of the Origin of the Disputes over Renshi Taiwan Textbooks in 1997
Fu-chang Wang

II. Identity in Literature

4. Being/Not Being at Home in the Writing of Zhu Tianxin
Rosemary Haddon

5. The Indigenization of Taiwanese Literature: Historical Narrative, Strategic Essentialism, and State Violence
A-chin Hsiau

III. Memory and the Built Environment

6. Reading History Through the Built Environment in Taiwan
Jeremy E. Taylor

IV. The “China-cebrered” Paradigm and Indigenization

7. Indigenization Discourse in Taiwanese Confucian Revivalism
John Makeham

8. The Movement to Indigenize the Social Sciences in Taiwan: Origin and Predicaments
Maukuei Chang

9. Epilogue: Bentuhua—An Endeavor for Normalizing a Would-Be Nation-State?
A-chin Hsiau

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Asian Politics, Regional and Cultural Studies, Political Science, International Relations