The Cultural Turn and Taiwanese Identity in the 1990s

Chang, Bi-Yu

Abstract

Shifting between continuity and rupture, sameness and difference, identity is constantly shaping and reshaping by various positionings. The constant positionings are significant in the process of winning hegemony. The discourse of "Taiwan subjectivity" has been created and has become a "regime of the truth" within only a few years, not just relying on establishing a broad bloc of social forces through the intermediary of ideology, but more importantly, depending on a vigorous process of otherings. The article thus maps the struggles between contested discourses and follows the construction of a Taiwan-centric identity in the 1990s.

Citation

Chang, B.-Y. (2009). The Cultural Turn and Taiwanese Identity in the 1990s. In I.-C. Wang, C.-C. Cheng, & S. Tötösy de Zepetnek (Eds.), Cultural Discourse in Taiwan (31-51). National Sun Yat-sen University Press

• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: Sep 10, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 2, 2109
• Pages: 31-51
• Book Title: Cultural Discourse in Taiwan
• ISBN: 9789860195064
• Keywords: cultural discourse, identity, hegemony, Taiwan,