Culture Shock! Taiwan
Author | : Christopher Bates |
Publisher | : Graphic Arts Books |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Christopher Bates |
Publisher | : Graphic Arts Books |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Chris Bates |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Culture shock |
ISBN | : 9789812045119 |
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Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Taiwan |
ISBN | : 9789812617293 |
Author | : Chris Bates |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2018-05-15 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9789814779746 |
* Insights into the people and their culture and traditions * Advice on adapting into the local environment * Essential information on the history, traditions, beliefs, etiquette, cuisine, and leisure activities of the country * Linguistic help and hints on how to learn the language and do business * A useful list of foreign words and phrases and a comprehensive resource guide * Lively and humorous illustrations that capture the essence of the text
Author | : Christopher Bates |
Publisher | : Graphic Arts Books |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular Culture Shock! series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get the nuts-and-bolts information you need to survive and thrive wherever you go. Culture Shock! country guides are easy-to-read, accurate, and entertaining crash courses in local customs and etiquette. Culture Shock! practical guides offer the inside information you need whether you're a student, a parent, a globetrotter, or a working traveler. Culture Shock! at your Door guides equip you for daily life in some of the world's most cosmopolitan cities. And Culture Shock! Success Secrets guides offer relevant, practical information with the real-life insights and cultural know-how that can make the difference between business success and failure.Each Culture Shock! title is written by someone who's lived and worked in the country, and each book is packed with practical, accurate, and enjoyable information to help you find your way and feel at home.
Author | : Betty Wei |
Publisher | : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2008-09-20 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9814435708 |
Despite the modern high-rise buildings, international brand names and many Caucasian faces, Hong Kong still retains much of its Asian character. Learn how fung shui influences the way of life and the importance of the concept of ‘face’, which affects interpersonal relationships and business transactions. Packed with practical tips and a comprehensive resource section, CultureShock! Hong Kong is all you will need to survive and succeed in this highly competitive society.
Author | : Dee Rissik |
Publisher | : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2011-02-10 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9814398667 |
Author | : Hsin-I Sydney Yueh |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2016-12-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1498510337 |
In the past two decades, a uniform representation of cutified femininity prevails in the Taiwanese media, evidenced by the shift of Taiwan’s popular cultural taste from a Chinese-centered tradition to a mixed absorption from neighboring cultural capitals in the global market. This book argues that the native term “sajiao” is the key to understand the phenomenon. Originally referring to a set of persuasive tactics through imitating a spoiled child’s gestures and ways of speaking to get attention or material goods, sajiao is commonly understood to be women’s weapon to manipulate men in the Mandarin-speaking communities. By re-interpreting sajiao as a “feminine” tactic, or the tactic of the weak, the book aims to propose a “feminine framework” in exploring identity politics in the following three aspects: the rising obsession with the immature female image in Taiwan’s popular culture, the adoption of the feminine communication style in native speakers’ everyday language and interactions, and the competing discourses between dominant/subordinate, central/peripheral, global/local, and Chinese/Taiwanese in shaping the identity politics in current Taiwanese society. The micro-analysis of everyday language politics leads the reader to examine layers of discourse about gender, identity, and communication, and finally to inquire how to situate or categorize “Taiwan” in area studies. The “feminine framework” is a useful theoretical tool that not only deconstructs everyday communication practice but also provides a bottom-up, alternative angle in analyzing Taiwan’s role in political, economic, and cultural flows in East Asia. The massive imports of popular cultural products in the late 80s, mainly from Japan, fermented the kawaii (Japanese cute) type of femininity in regulating everyday communication and the perception of gender roles in Taiwan. The popularity of the baby-like female image is concurrent with the simmering debate on Taiwanese identity. Taiwan offers a unique perspective for observing identity politics because it still holds an undetermined status in the international community. The collective uncertainty about the island’s future and the diminishing voice in the international society become the backdrop for the growth of defining, interpreting, and appropriating sajiao elements in the popular culture. This book offers an in-depth examination of the interplay among local historical contexts, cross-border capitalist exchange, and everyday communication that shapes the dialogism of Taiwanese identity.
Author | : David K. Jordan |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2004-03-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780824828004 |
The Minor Arts of Daily Life is an account of the many ways in which contemporary Taiwanese approach their ordinary existence and activities. It presents a wide range of aspects of day-to-day living to convey something of the world as experienced by the Taiwanese themselves. Contributors: Alice Chu, Chien-Juh Gu, David K. Jordan, Paul R. Katz, Chin-Ju Lin, Andrew D. Morris, Marc L. Moskowitz, Scott Simon, Shuenn-Der Yu.
Author | : Alison Behnke |
Publisher | : Twenty-First Century Books |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 082257148X |
Information on the geography, history, government, people, culture, and economy of Taiwan.