Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Living As Left Behind in Postcolonial Taiwan Andrew D. Morris (California Polytechnic State University, USA) Part I: Making Japanese Taiwan 2. Colonial Itineraries: Japanese Photography in Taiwan Joseph R. Allen (University of Minnesota, USA) 3. Tangled up in Red: Textiles, Trading Posts and the Emergence of Indigenous Modernity in Japanese Taiwan Paul D. Barclay (Lafayette College, USA) 4. Making Natives: Japan and the Creation of Indigenous Formosa Scott Simon (University of Ottawa, Canada) 5. Ethnicity, Mortality and the Shinchiku (Xinzhu) Advantage in Colonial Taiwan John R. Shepherd (University of Virginia, USA) Part II: Remembering Japanese Taiwan 6. Closing a Colony: The Meanings of Japanese Deportation from Taiwan after World War II Evan N. Dawley (Goucher College, USA) 7. Ethnic Diversity, Two-Layered Colonization and Modern Taiwanese Attitudes toward Japan Chih Huei Huang (Academa Sinica, Taiwan) 8. Oh Sadaharu / Wang Zhenzhi and the Possibility of Chineseness in 1960s Taiwan Andrew D. Morris 9. Haunted Island: Reflections on the Japanese Colonial Era in Taiwanese Cinema Corrado Neri (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France) 10. Reliving the Past: The Narrative Themes of Repetition and Continuity in Japan-Taiwan News Coverage Jens Sejrup (Lund University, Sweden) 11. Drinking Modernity: Sexuality and the Sanitation of Space in Taiwan’s Coffee Shops Marc L. Moskowitz (University of South Carolina, USA) Glossary Bibliography Index

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Explores the history and legacy of Japanese colonialism in Taiwan, taking a multidisciplinary approach.

About the Author

Andrew D. Morris is Professor of History at California Polytechnic State University, USA. He is author of Colonial Project, National Game: A History of Baseball in Taiwan (2010) and Marrow of the Nation: A History of Sport and Physical Culture in Republican China (2004).

Reviews

This is a sophisticated and groundbreaking collection of essays that positions Taiwan in the context of colonial and postcolonial studies. Anyone with an interest in modern East Asian politics and history will benefit from it.
*Jordan Sand, Professor of Japanese History, Georgetown University, USA*