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題名 Decolonizing Love: Ambivalent Love in Contemporary (Anti)Sexual Movements of Taiwan and South Korea
作者 陳佩甄
貢獻者 台文所
關鍵詞 Colonial ambivalence ;  modern love ;  LGBTQ ;  marriage ;  decolonialization
日期 2018-12
上傳時間 16-Apr-2020 11:43:15 (UTC+8)
摘要 This article problematizes the modern construction of “love” in colonial and contemporary Taiwan and South Korea through historicizing the concept from the nineteenth century to the present. The conception of modern love in East Asia emerged during the late nineteenth century that coincided with the beginnings of civilization and nation-building discourses advocating as a strong mediator for the reconfiguration of social and intimate relationships. In the case of colonial Taiwan and Korea, the colonial governments and intellectuals constantly pivoted on “exceptions” – obscene sex, indecent behavior or illegitimate subjects – to justify their political legitimacy/hegemony to love that prescribed a normative social relationship. Fully embraced by colonial Taiwan and Korea, this mechanism was extended to their postwar regimes; that is, love is celebrated and worshiped without the recognition of its underlying ideology of discrimination and exclusion. I coin the term “love unconscious” to characterize the colonial legacies of love in the contemporary social movements in Taiwan and South Korea. Furthermore I examine how both religious groups and LGBTQ activism were stuck in the “love unconscious” with two cases of contested love: the definition of love in the dictionary, and the rhetoric of love in (anti-)same-sex marriage movements. This article argues that Taiwan and South Korea`s LGBTQ and marriage movements are based neither on Western discourses nor inspiration, but are instead driven by the reality and legacy of colonial history. To envisage the decolonization of love is to deconstruct the love unconscious and reconsider the history of colonial love.
關聯 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Vol.19, No.4, pp.551-567
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2018.1543250
dc.contributor 台文所-
dc.creator (作者) 陳佩甄-
dc.date (日期) 2018-12-
dc.date.accessioned 16-Apr-2020 11:43:15 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 16-Apr-2020 11:43:15 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 16-Apr-2020 11:43:15 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/129258-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This article problematizes the modern construction of “love” in colonial and contemporary Taiwan and South Korea through historicizing the concept from the nineteenth century to the present. The conception of modern love in East Asia emerged during the late nineteenth century that coincided with the beginnings of civilization and nation-building discourses advocating as a strong mediator for the reconfiguration of social and intimate relationships. In the case of colonial Taiwan and Korea, the colonial governments and intellectuals constantly pivoted on “exceptions” – obscene sex, indecent behavior or illegitimate subjects – to justify their political legitimacy/hegemony to love that prescribed a normative social relationship. Fully embraced by colonial Taiwan and Korea, this mechanism was extended to their postwar regimes; that is, love is celebrated and worshiped without the recognition of its underlying ideology of discrimination and exclusion. I coin the term “love unconscious” to characterize the colonial legacies of love in the contemporary social movements in Taiwan and South Korea. Furthermore I examine how both religious groups and LGBTQ activism were stuck in the “love unconscious” with two cases of contested love: the definition of love in the dictionary, and the rhetoric of love in (anti-)same-sex marriage movements. This article argues that Taiwan and South Korea`s LGBTQ and marriage movements are based neither on Western discourses nor inspiration, but are instead driven by the reality and legacy of colonial history. To envisage the decolonization of love is to deconstruct the love unconscious and reconsider the history of colonial love.-
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dc.relation (關聯) Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Vol.19, No.4, pp.551-567-
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Colonial ambivalence ;  modern love ;  LGBTQ ;  marriage ;  decolonialization-
dc.title (題名) Decolonizing Love: Ambivalent Love in Contemporary (Anti)Sexual Movements of Taiwan and South Korea-
dc.type (資料類型) article-
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1080/14649373.2018.1543250-
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2018.1543250-