Collective Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Identity-Based Movement of Plain Indigenous in Taiwan Contributor(s): Hsieh, Jolan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415882524 ISBN-13: 9780415882521 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $58.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
Dewey: 323.1 |
Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6" W x 9" (0.48 lbs) 156 pages |
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Publisher Description: The focus of this book is on the PingPu peoples in Taiwan and their right to official recognition as indigenous peoples by the Taiwanese government. The result of centuries of colonization, indigenous tribes in Taiwan have faced severe cultural repression because of the government's refusal to accept ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity. The PingPu Status Recognition Movement is the result of a decade of activism by impassioned people seeking the right to self-determination, autonomy, and tribal legitimacy from the Han-Chinese-controlled Taiwanese government. This book examines, through in-depth interviews, questionnaires, field observations, and analysis of governmental and United Nations documents, the perspectives of those directly involved in the movement, as well as those affected by indigenous status recognition. Study of the PingPu Indigenous movement is vitally important as it publicly declares Taiwanese Indigenous population's humanity and collective rights and provides a more comprehensive analysis of identity-based movements as a fundamental form of collective human rights claims. |