{"product_id":"a-passage-to-china-chien-hsin-tsai-9780674975125","title":"A Passage to China: Literature, Loyalism, and Colonial Taiwan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book, the first of its kind in English, examines the reinvention of loyalism in colonial Taiwan through the lens of literature. It analyzes the ways in which writers from colonial Taiwan--including Qiu Fengjia, Lian Heng, Wu Zhuoliu, and others--creatively and selectively employed loyalist ideals to cope with Japanese colonialism and its many institutional changes. In the process, these writers redefined their relationship with China and Chinese culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing attention to select authors' lesser-known works, author Chien-hsin Tsai provides a new assessment of well-studied historical and literary materials and a nuanced overview of literary and cultural productions in colonial Taiwan. During and after Japanese colonialism, the islanders' perception of loyalism, sense of belonging, and self-identity dramatically changed. Tsai argues that the changing tradition of loyalism unexpectedly complicates Taiwan's tie to China, rather than unquestionably reinforces it, and presents a new line of inquiry for future studies of modern Chinese and Sinophone literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chien-Hsin Tsai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 067497512X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674975125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Chien-Hsin Tsai","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086762717439,"sku":"9780674975125","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a20eba4f-e062-4ec9-a0eb-d4ec8bd85ac0.jpg?v=1769096433","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-passage-to-china-chien-hsin-tsai-9780674975125","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}