Island Fantasia: Imagining Subjects on the Military Frontline between China and Taiwan.

Using it as an important example for her theory building on subjectification via new social media platforms, Lin illuminates the ways in which Matsu netizens actively participated not only in sharing but also in imaginatively building on the content of the series. The dominant theme is that the educ...

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Published in:China Journal Vol. 89; no. 1; pp. 253 - 256
Main Author: Yang, Dominic Meng-Hsuan
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press Jan2023
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Summary:Using it as an important example for her theory building on subjectification via new social media platforms, Lin illuminates the ways in which Matsu netizens actively participated not only in sharing but also in imaginatively building on the content of the series. The dominant theme is that the educated Matsu diaspora in Taiwan and post-liberalization returnees have used social media to inspire local islanders' social actions, collective memories, and a shared sense of being. Chapter 2 recounts the momentous changes brought by the Nationalist war zone administration when Matsu suddenly became a Cold War frontier between Taiwan and China.