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Description
Tanners of Taiwan is an ethnography of identity construction set in the leather-tanning communities of Southern Taiwan. Through life history analysis and ethnographic observation, Simon examines what it means to be Chinese - or alternatively Taiwanese - in contemporary Taiwan.
Product Details
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Publish Date | February 01, 2005 |
| Pages | 196 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780813341934 |
| Dimensions | 9.1 X 6.4 X 0.4 inches | 0.6 pounds |
About the Author
Scott Simon is associate professor in the department of sociology, University of Ottawa, and author of Sweet and Sour: Life-Worlds of Taipei Women Entrepreneurs (Rowman & Littlefield 2003). He holds a PhD in anthropology from McGill University and has also worked in Taiwan for five years, where he was affiliated with both the Institute of Sociology and the Institute of Ethnology at Academia Sinica. He has been researching the Taiwanese development experience from different perspectives since 1996.
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