展示臺灣
出版社:麥田
出版日期:2005-10
ISBN:9789867252869
作者:呂紹理
页数:456页
内容概要
臺灣南投人，一九六一年生。政治大學歷史研究所博士，現任政治大學歷史系副教授。著有《水螺響起：日治時期臺灣社會的生作息》，執行編纂《深坑鄉志》，另撰有〈日治時期台灣社會的休閒生活與商業活動〉、〈戰後臺灣鄉鎮志經濟篇的回顧與展望〉、〈始政四十周年記念博覽會之研究〉、〈日治時期臺灣的旅遊活動與地理景象的建構〉、〈日治時期臺灣的廣播工業與收音機市場的發展〉、〈展示臺灣：一九○三年大阪內國勸業博覽會臺灣館之研究〉等論文近二十篇
作者简介
二十一世紀最初十年間，日本、中國和臺灣相繼宣稱要舉辦萬國博覽會。
「博覽會」之名的活動在今日社會中早已俯拾皆是，然而回顧過往，此類展示活動卻也只有短短一百五十餘年的歷史。一八五一年英國首度舉行「萬國博覽會」之後，歐美列強即競相仿效。在進步主義的大旗下，「追求和平與人類褔祉」乃列強舉辦萬國博覽會的初衷，然而卻無法掩飾其間所流露的帝國誇富與殖民主義。
流風所及，亞洲的日本也不甘人後，不僅在其國內舉行一系列的勸業博覽會，更在其所領有的殖民地（尤其是臺灣）大力推行此一展示體系。五十一年間，臺灣參與島內外所舉辦的博覽展示活動超過三百餘次，米、茶、糖、樟腦等農產品因此成為國際上認知臺灣的「特產品」。展示活動不僅止局限於各種臨時搭建的會場，更擴延到整個臺灣，伴隨旅遊活動逐漸普及，整個臺灣的地景與社會都被納入到展示體系之中。
然而，為何殖民政府要不遺餘力舉辦各種展示活動？它與殖民統治的目標有何關聯？在各種展示活動中，殖民者建構了何種「臺灣」的形象？在日本及歐西舞台上的博覽會「臺灣館」，與放置在臺灣島內的展示會場，究竟表述了何種殖民者的秩序觀、知識觀與異／己觀？上述形象的建構，建立在何種殖民知識的權力操作基礎之上？日本及臺灣的觀眾又以何種方式理解博覽會會場中所蘊涵的秩序、知識與文化觀？被殖民者遭遇這個由他者所建立的自我形象時，有何種反應？這種理解與反應對於實體的臺灣空間、社會與文化又構成了何種影響？這一連串的疑問，都是本書所欲解答的課題。
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精彩书评 (总计1条)
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This book is another examination of exhibition as one of the ways in which colonial powers present, promote, and seek ways to enhance their imperial and colonial control and ambition in a global context. The contribution of this book is that it is focused on Taiwan, under the control of Japan. Although providing no theoretical significance, this book as a case study, is still import for anyone who is interested in the transition of Taiwan in the last one hundred years. The book contains four main chapters that deal respectively on the general history of exhibition (from Europe to Japan), Taiwan as exhibited in Japan, Taiwan as exhibited in Taiwan, and the further influence of exhibition on popular culture within Taiwan. The chapter on the history of exhibition is nothing new, a repetition of what has been told in other books. The problem lies in the experience of Japan: the emergence of Japan in the world of exhibition could be seen as a significant event even for the West. But the author fails to give a look at this issue: Japanese colonial power should be embedded into the structure that had formed before the twentieth century and its rise as either a challenge or a reconfiguration must have re-structured the culture of exhibition, even in the West. Should it be wrong to assume that the exhibition in Japan should be the same as the exhibitions in England? The next chapters on Taiwan's images in Japan and Taiwan per se are the main parts, which are quite informative and insightful. The most interesting part for me is the section on the spacial structure of the exhibitions that represented the colonial hierarchy. The changing imperialist ideology at the turn of the twentieth century contributed to a new understanding of the periphery and centre within an empire, which was well presented in the space arrangement of exhibition that set down a route. The self-identification through watching exhibition in Taiwan was another interesting part. The exhibitions were organised by Japanese and sometimes by local elites, on different purposes. They have attempted to create an image of Taiwan that is related to civilisation and industrialisation. But this image is more virtual than real in that it is more selected than comprehensive. But the author fails to discuss the different strategies and motives under the same name of "exhibition," which could be important. Particularly, when Taiwanese tried to exhibit Taiwan, did they always attempt to present Taiwan in accordance with the discourse of Japan? were there any disputes, tensions, or conflicts between them? The last chapter is not really on topic, but it is quite revealing that how the events of power exhibition could be easily related to the rise of consumerism, tourism culture, and public culture. The conclusion is a bit weak as it summarises the exhibition from a few perspectives: economic, politic, social culture, and spacial. I suppose it would be more powerful if these aspects of exhibition could be integrated together in the conclusion. Another way I think would be helpful is going back to the Qing dynasty, making a comparison between Taiwan under the Qing and Japan. This approach will be beneficial as it would broaden the scope of the book by extending it to the relationship between China, Taiwan, and Japan, and would enable the author to dialogue with the scholarship in the colonial nature of the Qing empire that has been debated in the last decades.
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A interesting book analysing Taiwan with methodological tools from other studies. No theoretical contribution generally, but good a a case study.