{"id":19122,"date":"2026-01-19T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tcll.ntnu.edu.tw\/?p=19122"},"modified":"2026-11-05T14:43:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T06:43:31","slug":"congratulations-prof-shu-hui-lin-publishes-new-book-weaving-the-world-contemporary-taiwanese-travel-narratives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tcll.ntnu.edu.tw\/index.php\/en\/2026\/01\/19\/congratulations-prof-shu-hui-lin-publishes-new-book-weaving-the-world-contemporary-taiwanese-travel-narratives\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Congratulations\u3011 Prof. Shu-hui Lin Publishes New Book: Weaving the World: Contemporary Taiwanese Travel Narratives!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Book Title:<\/strong> Weaving the World: Contemporary Taiwanese Travel Narratives<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher:<\/strong> National Taiwan Normal University Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publication Date:<\/strong> November 1, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travel narratives hold significant research value as they evoke personal and collective memories through firsthand experience and empathy, bridging the present with the future. By tracing Taiwanese travel narratives since the Cold War, this book explores the dynamic and multifaceted ways in which travelers weave their perspectives of the world. Key highlights include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Theoretical Analysis:<\/strong> Intervenes in discussions of nationhood, ethnicity, and gender through literature and cultural studies frameworks, serving as an essential reference for researching Taiwanese travel narratives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Extensive Textual Scope:<\/strong> Incorporates a wide array of representative research materials, including travelogues, diaries, letters, and personal essays. Drawing from newspapers, periodicals, Cold War documents, Martial Law archives, and modern scholarship, the source material is exceptionally rich.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Interdisciplinary Approach:<\/strong> Demonstrates academic contributions by employing interdisciplinary methodologies such as narratology, memory representation, structures of feeling, digital humanities, and Geographic Information System (GIS) applications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Historical & Cultural Context:<\/strong> Focuses on how travelers weave and restructure travel memories to project their observations of foreign societies, politics, and economies. Uses the Cold War, Martial Law, and post-Martial Law eras as historical backdrops to examine the structures of feeling in contemporary Taiwanese travel writing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Multi-layered Critique & Pedagogical Value:<\/strong> Analyzes creative writing models and cultural production, reflecting cross-cultural critiques and literary landscapes. By examining how international visitors and travelers reconstruct life experiences, it explores identity formation and self-realization, making it highly suitable for classroom discussions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Innovating Taiwan Studies:<\/strong> Offers a valuable pathway to understanding how contemporary Taiwanese travel narratives converse with the world while innovating discourses in Taiwan Studies. Beyond its scholarly value, it offers practical applications for tourism, leisure, and the creative industries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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