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PublisherUniversity of Washington Press

ISBN-100295752645

ISBN-139780295752648

eBay Product ID (ePID)27065339987

Product Key Features

Number of Pages304 Pages

Publication NameGood Wife, Wise Mother : Educating Han Taiwanese Girls under Japanese Rule

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

SubjectWomen's Studies, History, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Education

AuthorFang Yu Hu

SeriesTaiwan and the World Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight15.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2023-050770

ReviewsAs the first English-language scholarly monograph on the education of Han Taiwanese girls under Japanese rule, Good Wife, Wise Mother contributes to our understanding of women's history in Taiwan and of Japanese colonialism . . . [It] will be of interest to scholars of global women's studies, the comparative history of education in East Asia, and colonial nostalgia., [A] thoroughly conceived and clearly written history of the Japanese-era colonial education of Han Taiwanese girls., "As the first English-language scholarly monograph on the education of Han Taiwanese girls under Japanese rule, Good Wife, Wise Mother contributes to our understanding of women's history in Taiwan and of Japanese colonialism . . . [It] will be of interest to scholars of global women's studies, the comparative history of education in East Asia, and colonial nostalgia." (Journal of Chinese History)

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

SynopsisTraces Japan's efforts to modernize Taiwan through gendered educational practices In Good Wife, Wise Mother, female education and citizenship serve as a lens through which to examine Taiwan's uniqueness as a colonial crossroads between Chinese and Japanese ideas and practices. A latecomer to the age of imperialism, Japan used modernization efforts in Taiwan to cast itself as a benevolent force among its colonial subjects and imperial competitors. In contrast to most European colonies, where only elites received an education, in Taiwan Japan built elementary schools intended for the entire population, including girls. In 1897 it developed a program known as "Good Wife, Wise Mother" that sought to transform Han Taiwanese girls into modern Japanese female citizens. Drawing on Japanese and Chinese newspapers, textbooks, oral interviews, and fiction, Fang Yu Hu illustrates how this seemingly progressive project advanced a particular Japanese vision of modernity, womanhood, and citizenship, to which the colonized Han Taiwanese people responded with varying degrees of collaboration, resistance, adaptation, and adoption. Hu also assesses the program's impact on Taiwan's class structure, male-female interactions, and political identity both during and after the end of Japanese occupation in 1945. Good Wife, Wise Mother expands the study of Taiwanese history by contributing important gendered and nonelite perspectives. It will be of interest to any historian concerned with questions of modernity, hybridity, and colonial nostalgia., Traces Japan's efforts to modernize Taiwan through gendered educational practices In Good Wife, Wise Mother , female education and citizenship serve as a lens through which to examine Taiwan's uniqueness as a colonial crossroads between Chinese and Japanese ideas and practices. A latecomer to the age of imperialism, Japan used modernization efforts in Taiwan to cast itself as a benevolent force among its colonial subjects and imperial competitors. In contrast to most European colonies, where only elites received an education, in Taiwan Japan built elementary schools intended for the entire population, including girls. In 1897 it developed a program known as "Good Wife, Wise Mother" that sought to transform Han Taiwanese girls into modern Japanese female citizens. Drawing on Japanese and Chinese newspapers, textbooks, oral interviews, and fiction, Fang Yu Hu illustrates how this seemingly progressive project advanced a particular Japanese vision of modernity, womanhood, and citizenship, to which the colonized Han Taiwanese people responded with varying degrees of collaboration, resistance, adaptation, and adoption. Hu also assesses the program's impact on Taiwan's class structure, male-female interactions, and political identity both during and after the end of Japanese occupation in 1945. Good Wife, Wise Mother expands the study of Taiwanese history by contributing important gendered and nonelite perspectives. It will be of interest to any historian concerned with questions of modernity, hybridity, and colonial nostalgia., Traces Japan's efforts to modernize Taiwan through gendered educational practices In Good Wife, Wise Mother, female education and citizenship serve as a lens through which to examine Taiwan's uniqueness as a colonial crossroads between Chinese and Japanese ideas and practices. A latecomer to the age of imperialism, Japan used modernization ......

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