Introduction: Why Emotion Matters in Rethinking Taiwan Studies
Journal
Feeling Taiwan: Emotions in Everyday Politics, Social Movements, and Research Practices
Start Page
1-6
ISBN
9781003661719
Date Issued
2026-02-25
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Abstract
Emotions often form the backdrop of everyday and academic life, yet they remain marginalised in scholarship. Feeling Taiwan re-centres emotion in Taiwan Studies, challenging the dominance of rationalist frameworks. This introduction foregrounds how affective moments of belonging, grief, intimacy, distrust, and ambivalence shape political practices, social formations, and research inquiries. Drawing on interdisciplinary contributions, the book engages themes ranging from colonial legacies and transitional justice to queer kinship, public health policies, disability, and posthuman ethics. The chapters together demonstrate the potential of “feeling” as both method and theory, opening plural ways of organising and approaching Taiwan's histories, communities, and futures.
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Routledge
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