1st Edition

Migration to and From Taiwan

Edited By Kuei-fen Chiu, Dafydd Fell, Lin Ping Copyright 2014
    272 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    272 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Migration has transformed Taiwanese society in the last 20 years, and this edited volume showcases some of the leading researchers working on migration to and from Taiwan. The chapters approach migration from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including international relations, sociology, social work, film studies, political science, gender studies, geography and political economy and so the book will have great appeal to scholars and students interested in the politics of Taiwan, Taiwanese society and ehtnic identity as well as those focusing on migration in East Asia and comparative migration studies.

    1. Migration to and from Taiwan: Identities, Politics and Belonging Chiu Kuei-fen, Dafydd Fell and Lin Ping 2. Through the Looking Glass: Migration into and out of Taiwan Tseng Yen-fen and Lin Ping 3. Taiwan and Globalization: Reflections on the Trajectory of Taishang Studies Keng Shu, Gunter Schubert and Emmy Lin Ruihua 4. Bordering Careers on China: Skilled Migration from Taiwan to China Tseng Yen-Fen 5. From Being Privileged to Being Localized? Taiwanese Businessmen in China Lee Chun-yi 6. Happy Reunion or Brothers Only In Name? Mainlander Taiwanese in China Lin Ping 7. Different places, different voices: early Taiwanese-Chinese immigrants in Canada and Guam Lan-hung Nora Chiang 8. Two Migration Documentaries from Taiwan Chiu Kuei-fen and Tsai Yu-yueh 9. Migration through the lens of political advertising: How Taiwanese parties discuss migration Dafydd Fell 10. Home-going or Home-making? The Citizenship Legislation and Chinese Identity of Indonesian Chinese Women in Taiwan Isabelle Cheng 11. Tactical Resistances in Daily Politics: How Battered Vietnamese Wives Negotiate Family and State Tightropes in Taiwan Wang Hong-zen, Chen Po-wei and Anna Tang Wen-hui 12. The life adjustment of children from New Immigrant families in Taiwan Chen Yu-wen 13. Political Socialization in Domestic Families and Families with Mainland Spouse in Taiwan Chen Kuang-hui and Luo Ya-Hui 14. The politics of the mainland spouses’ rights movement in Taiwan Tseng Yu-chin, Isabelle Cheng and Dafydd Fell 15. Taiwan’s (extra)ordinary migrations Tony Fielding

    Biography

    Chiu Kuei-fen is Professor in the Research Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the National Chunghsing University, Taiwan.

    Dafydd Fell is Senior Lecturer in Taiwan Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, UK.

    Lin Ping is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the National Chungcheng University, Taiwan.