帝国と民族の間で

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  • Between the Empire and the Ethnic group:
  • 帝国と民族の間で--日本統治初期の台湾における「化蕃婦」という生き方
  • テイコク ト ミンゾク ノ アイダ デ ニホン トウチ ショキ ノ タイワン ニ オケル カバンプ ト イウ イキカタ
  • ─日本統治初期の台湾における「化蕃婦」という生き方─
  • '<I>Kabanpu</I>' during the early Japanese Colonial Era in Taiwan

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Many of studies about Colonial Taiwan under Japanese rule have narrated a story of coercion and resistance. However such a history stressing protest and overcoming are intensively colored by masculinity, and in such studies, indigenous women are usually missing. This paper examines the subjectivity of indigenous women known as 'Kabanpu' who worked for the Colonial Government of Taiwan especially focusing on the ways in which they accepted and overstepped the gender roles that the Empire and the ethnic group imposed on them. How did indigenous women live under Japanese rule? To clarify this question, I will approach the problem from the point of ethnic customs and changes in society brought about by Japanese rule.<BR>During the early colonial period when the Colonial Government of Taiwan established 'Bukonsho', they needed people who would help them and mediate between 'Bukonsho' and indigenous villages. 'Bukonsho' rewarded people who worked for them, and this, along with the following reasons that I will point out, prompted indigenous women to take the job.<BR>Firstly, divorced women, widows, and women who broke the taboo about marriage were excluded from 'Gaga', a customary group, so they had to find another place to live. After the 'Bukonsho' were established, they regarded the 'Bukonsho' as a kind of refuge. Secondly, since the presence of police/army power grew bigger around 1900, it became difficult to get daily necessaries. But those who agreed to become 'Kabanpu' could easily acquire commodities. Finally, during the 1910s, the prices for the goods produced by indigenous people fell, and at the same time there was a general rise in overall prices. Therefore many women wanted to learn the new weaving skills that the Colonial Government was teaching so that they would be able to earn increased income by weaving fabrics that could be sold for a higher price.<BR>I will conclude that it is not accurate to say that indigenous women were forced to work for the Empire, rather, they themselves—based on their own evaluation of their situation—decided to work for the Japanese.

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