The Landscape of Historical Memory
Issued Date
Copyright Date
2021-08-24
Resource Type
Language
eng
Text
Text
File Type
application/pdf
No. of Pages/File Size
272
ISBN
9789888528578
Alternative Title(s)
The Politics of Museums and Memorical Culture in Post-martial Law Taiwan
Author(s)
Abstract
The divide between East Asia’s “Blue Camp” (Nationalist Party) and “Green Camp” (Democratic Progressive Party) has stirred considerable debate about how we should remember Cold War politics in East Asia. Recently, that conversation has been focused on museums. The Landscape of Historical Memory contributes to this ongoing dialogue by analyzing not only the presence of the Blue Camp and the Green Camp in Taiwan’s museums but also the state of these museums over the past three decades. The book also considers political involvement in the establishment, architectural design, and historical narratives of museums within the contexts of museums focused on archaeology, history, war, literature, ethnology, and ecosystems; martyrs’ shrines; and memorial halls. By examining the political narratives that surround Taiwan’s museums, The Landscape of Historical Memory offers readers a compelling exploration of how culture, history, and memory shape identities in Taiwan’s postcolonial landscape, the place of museums in a neoliberal economic climate, and the politics of historical memory in an emergent democracy.
Table of contents
Contents
List of Figures vi
Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviations and Romanization X
Introduction 1
l. Taiwan, China, and the National Imaginary: Museums of Premodern
History and Archaeology 26--
2. Multicultural History in a Multicultural Taiwan: The National Museum
of Taiwan History 48--
3. Commemorating the Dead: The Taipei Martyrs Shrine and
2-28 Memorial Halls 65--
4. White Terror and the Discourse of Peace and Reconciliation: Human
Rights Museums 89--
5. KMT Martial Memory: War of Resistance and Cold War Memorial Sites 113--
6. Memory of the Chiang Dynasty: The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
and The Two Chiangs Culture Park 143--
7. The "Root of a National Culture": The National Museum of Taiwan
Literature 162--
8. Aboriginal Museums and the Construction of a Taiwanese Identity 177--
9. Local Culture, the Environment, and Place-Making: Ecomuseums 197--
10. Taiwan Intertwined with the World 216--
Epilogue 229--
Bibliography 231--
Index 261