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Book SynopsisThis book brings together leading scholars to provide new perspectives on one of the most traumatic episodes in Taiwan’s modern history and its fraught legacies. Contributors from a variety of disciplines revisit the Musha Incident and its afterlife in history, literature, film, art, and popular culture.
Trade ReviewThis compelling book provokes the reader to ponder the bloody violence committed in the name of the colonial state but also of the rebels. It bears witness to the difficulties encountered by survivors and later generations to tell and remember this important story. A must read. -- Klaus Mühlhahn, author of
Making China Modern: From the Great Qing to Xi JinpingThis collection brilliantly interweaves two layers of meaning of the Musha Incident for Taiwan society—a horrendous historical tragedy and a haunting collective trauma. The chapters take us on a tour with divergent tracks, frequently leading to fascinating landscapes of creative imagination. The fluid, open-ended history thus conjured up reveals how our senses of reality are shaped by evolving contemporary discourses. -- Yvonne Chang, author of
Modernism and the Nativist Resistance: Contemporary Chinese Fiction from TaiwanThe
Musha Incident is a pathbreaking study of the last major act of armed indigenous resistance to Japanese colonial rule. By marshalling the talents of experts in history, literature, film, and music, Michael Berry provides what will become a touchstone analysis of a tragedy that has long captured public imagination. -- Ashley Esarey, coauthor of
My Fight for a New Taiwan: One Woman's Journey from Prison to PowerOffering perspectives from indigenous, Han Chinese, Japanese, American, and European sources,
The Musha Incident serves as a model for understanding the complexity of history and its representations. For the editor, it is not only a labor of love but also a demonstration of intellectual and moral commitment. -- Michelle Yeh, editor of
Hawk of the Mind: Collected Poems of Yang MuThe complexities, nuances, and shades of interpretation that the contributors reveal in their analyses demonstrate how egregious the Musha Incident’s previous dismissal or erasure in most general narratives of Taiwan and Japan has been. The book is bold in its innovative scope—truly interdisciplinary. -- Kirsten Ziomek * H-Asia *
Table of ContentsA Note on Romanization
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Approaching Musha, by Michael Berry
Part I. Historical Memories of Musha1
. The Discourse and Practice of Colonial “Suppression” in the Making of the Musha Rebellion and Its Aftermath, by Toulouse-Antonin Roy
2
. The Musha Incident and the History of Tgdaya-Japanese Relations, by Paul D. Barclay
3
. Relistening to Her and His Stories: On Approaching “The Musha Incident from an Indigenous Perspective,”by Kae Kitamura
Part II. Literary Memories of Musha4
. Bodies and Violence in the Musha Incident, by Robert Tierney
5
. Musha Incident, Incidentally: Tsushima Yūko’s
Exceedingly Barbaric, by Leo Ching
6
. Satō Haruo on the Musha Incident, by Ping-hui Liao
7
. Untimely Meditations: The Contemporary, the Philosophy of Walking, and Related Ethical Matters in
Remains of Life, by Chien-heng Wu
Part III. Visual and Digital Memories of Musha8
. The Face of the Inbetweener: The Image of Indigenous History Researchers as Reflected in
Seediq Bale, by Nakao Eki Pacidal
9
. Quest for Roots: Trauma and Heroism in Wu He’s
Yusheng and Tang Shiang-Chu’s
Yusheng:
Seediq Bale, by Darryl Sterk
10
. Historical Representation in an Age of Wiki Writing and Digital Curation: The Musha Incident on Digital Platforms, by Kuei-fen Chiu
Part IV. Musha in Cultural Dialogue11
. Fiction and Fieldwork: In Conversation with Wu He on
Remains of Life, by Michael Berry
12
. Heavy Metal Headhunt: An Interview with Chthonic’s Freddy Lim, by Michael Berry
13
. Televising the Musha Incident: Wan Jen on the Miniseries
Dana Sakura, by Michael Berry
14
. No Good Guys or Bad Guys: An Interview with Wei Te-sheng, by Tony Rayns (translated by Christa Chen)
Contributors
Index
