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Journal Articles by W. Anna Tang 唐文慧

In 2000, Lü Hsiu-lien was elected Taiwan's first female vice president, adding to the striking su... more In 2000, Lü Hsiu-lien was elected Taiwan's first female vice president, adding to the striking successes of Asian women in electoral politics. Lü differs from the majority of Asia's " ruling women " in two key respects: she was elected without reliance on " dynastic descent " and she has a long track record as a feminist activist. Her position as both a pioneering feminist and a female vice president prompts us to ask whether she was able to promote a pro-woman agenda during her tenure as vice president. We conclude that despite constraints on Lü's pursuit of an overt feminist agenda—including the patriarchal political culture and a gap between Lü and Taiwan's contemporary feminist movement—she is significant as a female leader who transcends both the Asian dynastic model and the tokenistic model of women as " flower vases, " while also contributing vitally to the development of an indigenous Taiwanese feminist theory.

The Twenty-five Ladies' Tomb was the collective burial site of female workers who were drowned du... more The Twenty-five Ladies' Tomb was the collective burial site of female workers who were drowned during a ferry accident on their way to work at export processing zones in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 1973. This essay focuses on the renovation of the tomb in the 2000s, and examines the politics of the feminist movement and the politics of memory as they are expressed through the different meanings bestowed on the deceased women. People involved in the renovation process included the Kaohsiung Association for the Promotion of Women's Rights (KAPWR), the families of the deceased, and the Kaohsiung City government, all of whom had different considerations regarding the purpose and the future of the tomb. This essay argues the KAPWR activism illustrates the fact that specific feminist praxis is dependent on the socio-cultural and political-economic attributes of the society within which feminist groups are embedded. The KAPWR's effort to refashion the image of the tomb resonates with feminist movements worldwide to rectify women's history by rewriting and valorizing the contribution of women. Specifically, it was a critique of the Taiwanese patriliny that treasures sons as true and permanent members, but regards daughters as outsiders and thus temporary associates, of their father's family. This symbolic differentiation has provided a framework on which many gender-based practices are constituted and justified. The approach of the KAPWR activism was therefore a strategic choice borne out of the particular context of Taiwan that, in turn, created the possibility to question patrilineal cultural practices.

Book Chapters by W. Anna Tang 唐文慧

中文期刊論文 by W. Anna Tang 唐文慧

本文探討台灣特殊教育體制中，擔負著重要照顧工作的助理員之工作內容與角色地位。我們採建制民族誌取徑，從助理員的經驗出發，收集助理員的工作知識，探討以女性為多數的助理員，做為密集接觸障礙學生身體照... more 本文探討台灣特殊教育體制中，擔負著重要照顧工作的助理員之工作內容與
角色地位。我們採建制民族誌取徑，從助理員的經驗出發，收集助理員的工作知識，探討以女性為多數的助理員，做為密集接觸障礙學生身體照顧的第一線工作者，在台灣特教體制下所呈現的勞動處境。研究發現台灣建制化的特教職場存在著專業主義與性別交織的階層化分工，透過法規與工作評量表格等文本，助理員被組織編派專事學生的照顧工作；以專業為名的身心二分照顧邏輯，透過性別化分工，使助理員面臨特教資源不足的制度困境，形成特教職場中不合理的統治關係。