商品簡介
In this book, which began as the Simon's (sociology, U. of Ottawa, Canada) dissertation, an ethnography of workers and managers in leather tanning factories in southern Taiwan is presented, with a focus on identity, nationalism, and political dimensions of their culture. Aimed at undergraduates, the book considers whether Taiwan is a Chinese or Taiwanese culture, provides a national and political context, describes social life and the influence of the Chinese National Party, and discusses family firms and corporations in the leather tanning industry and their relationship to cultural and national narratives about identity. The author then addresses these firms from the female perspective, and examines the labor movement, effects of tanners moving abroad, and the use of the electoral system following the end of martial law to create an independent Taiwan. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Scott Simon is associate professor in the department of sociology, University of Ottawa, and author of Sweet and Sour: Life-Worlds of Taipei Women Entrepreneurs (Rowman & Littlefield 2003). He holds a PhD in anthropology from McGill University and has also worked in Taiwan for five years, where he was affiliated with both the Institute of Sociology and the Institute of Ethnology at Academia Sinica. He has been researching the Taiwanese development experience from different perspectives since 1996.
