Feeling Taiwan
Emotions in Everyday Politics, Social Movements, and Research
Po-Han Lee editor Alvaro Martinez-Lacabe editor Yu-chin Tseng editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:6th Apr '26
£139.50 was £155.00
This title is due to be published on 6th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
In re-centring emotion in Taiwan Studies, a field long dominated by rationalist approaches, this interdisciplinary volume highlights how feelings—of belonging, grief, intimacy, distrust, and ambivalence—shape political life, social formations, and scholarly practice.
Its chapters range across colonial legacies, transitional justice, queer kinship, migrant representation, public health, disability, and more-than-human ethics, showing how emotions illuminate everyday experiences and reframe academic inquiry.By foregrounding feeling as both method and object, Feeling Taiwan benefits readers by offering new ways to interpret Taiwan’s histories and futures, while also modelling how to integrate reflexivity, positionality, and affect into research practice. It demonstrates that studying Taiwan is never only an intellectual endeavour, but also an affective one—an engagement that invites readers to reimagine scholarship, community, and otherwise.
The book will appeal to scholars and students in Taiwan Studies, Asian Studies, sociology, anthropology, political science, cultural studies, and gender/sexuality studies, as well as to researchers interested in the “affective turn”.
"For a long time, nature has been the foundation of tourism. This rich collection shows that nature is not going out of fashion. The book highlights experiences, emotions, impacts, and their governance needs in nature tourism by bringing together leading scholars from the field. The authors provide highly invaluable and nuanced insights on nature destinations and how nature inspires us as tourists and scholars."
— Jarkko Saarinen,University of Oulu, Finland
"The second edition of Nature Tourism builds on its best-selling predecessor with updated and new chapters representing diverse global perspectives. It tackles emerging challenges by offering innovative insights into managing nature-based destinations, enriching tourist experiences, and promoting sustainable practices that harmonize economic growth, community well-being, and environmental preservation."
— Muzzo (Muzaffer) Uysal,University of Massachusetts, US
"This book offers a comprehensive examination of nature tourism, with engaging case studies from various continents highlighting trends, challenges, and innovative approaches to curating visitor experiences. Covering topics from wildlife experiences and climate change impacts to forest tourism and soundscapes, it is a great resource for anyone interested in the evolving relationship between tourism, nature, and well-being."
— Cathy H.C. Hsu,The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China.
ISBN: 9781041096528
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304 pages