Introduction

The “Introduction” makes the case for how the study of music contributes to the identification and interpretation of the forces that, when woven together, form Taiwanese society. These elements include political policies (both those aimed at negotiating Taiwan’s place in the world and those that order Taiwan internally) and the “feeling-ful” reactions to and assertions of those policies. It discusses the main motivations for producing the volume and introduces the main themes taken up by the volume’s twelve contributors.