Freshman English Changing Views of Marriage 1 Changing

Freshman English 多元文化意識(尊重差異) Changing Views of Marriage [授課教師] 1

Changing Views of Marriage �Objectives � 1. Students can understand the functions of marriage. � 2. Students can understand the different kinds of marriage in the modern society. � 3. Students can respect the different kinds of marriage. 2

Handout 1: Changing Views of Marriage �Give out the Handout 1: “Changing Views of Marriage” to students �Have students discuss the following items: same-sex marriage diverse family formation marriage equality civil union/ domestic partnership rights 3

Changing Views of Marriage �Brainstorming : have students discuss two pre-reading questions. �What are two traditional functions of marriage? �Approximately what percentage of women in the United States have lived with a partner without being married? 4

Changing Views of Marriage �Go through the whole passage and discuss the content with the whole class. �Divide the whole class into 8 groups in a group of 4 persons. 5

Changing Views of Marriage �Take-home assignment: have students find some information related to “Changing Views of Marriage” in Taiwan. The writing report should include introduction, body, and conclusion. The oral presentation should be finished in 10 minutes with PPT. 6

Oral presentation �Changing Views of Marriage 7

Traditional entertainment �From the origins and traditions of Taiwanese folk theater, the general purpose is to perform in festivals and religious occasions.

The decline in interest �Outdoor theater encourages ordinary people to get involved in the performing and in creating active atmosphere. �However, many of the performing and stories are mainly ritual drama 儀式劇, while these drama became formalized, gradually people are not interested in routinely performing.

Electric Flower Cars (EFC) �EFC and dancing strippers are apparently a pretty big part of Taiwanese culture, especially in rural areas.

Laws against it �Up to the mid 1980 s, this kind of raunchy performances took place all over Taiwan, even in the capital city of Taipei, but after authorities passed laws against it, it disappeared from urban areas and moved to the country sides.

Stereotypes �It often becomes part of a discourse of the north and south: �The north is associated with more wealth, education, and participation with global culture �The south is more associated with the working class, lack of education, and more local traditions.

Performing platform �The EFC is a wheeled, neon-lit platform or a truck upon which young and pretty women strip down to their dresses for the benefit of audiences both living and deceased. 往生者 [dɪ’sist]

Chao-Lian Shen 沈昭良 �Taiwan’s photographer Chao-Lian Shen 沈昭 良 got invited to the Photo. Quai 2011 國際攝 影雙年展 in Paris. Shen’s “STAGE 台灣舞台 車” photos were displayed in Europe. 14

STAGE by Chao-Lian Shen 15

STAGE by Chao-Lian Shen 16

STAGE by Chao-Lian Shen 17

STAGE by Chao-Lian Shen 18

STAGE by Chao-Lian Shen �Shen’s works “STAGE” have been exhibited in the United States, Canada, France, UK, Spain, Netherlands, Brazil, Guatemala, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and China. 19

Mark L. Moskowitz �Mark L. Moskowitz, an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina , the director and producer of a documentary film about EFC. �To accomplish this documentary, he lived in Taiwan for over nine years.

Two reasons �To show American audiences, who generally have a very narrow idea of what culture is. �To counter the negative perception of EFC, if not fully shame, exhibited by Taiwanese government officials, politicians and the media regarding the practice and folk traditions in general.

Documentary film �Mark’s 40 -minute documentary, Dancing for the Dead: Funeral Strippers in Taiwan, focus on the bizarre practice through interviews with different perspectives.

Documentary film �Since EFC performing is heavily criticized by those in power. Still Mark did see girl dressed in very short skirts, revealing tops and bikinis performing in rural Taiwan.

Debate �There is a great deal of debate about whether EFC should be allowed to continue. �In Taipei, Taiwan's capital, one often hears middle and upper class men complain about the harmful effects of this local practice on public morality.

Debate �There seems to be a tension in Taiwanese society — EFC entertainers are both celebrities and casually accepted, but they're also assailed as low culture and bad for public morality.

Sexy funeral: Girl marching band puts the fun https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=RYQGe. Nxfo. Sc 26

Betel nut beauty 檳榔西施 �The term Betel nut beauty refers to a common look along roadsides in Taiwan. �Young women sell betel nuts, cigarettes, drinks from brightly lit glass booths while wearing sexy clothing. 27

Betel nut 檳榔 �Historically, betelnut chewing has been practiced for hundreds of years in Taiwan, and this perhaps accounts of the fact that it has become an expression of “Taiwaneseness” 台灣意識 or “locals” 本土意識. �Taiwan as a society celebrates sexuality but considers both sellers and chewers as lowclass. Reference: Ministry of Culture 28

�Question 1: What do you think about betel nut beauty ? 29

Electric-Techno Neon Gods/ Techno Prince Nezha 電音三太子 �Electric-Techno Neon Gods is a subcultural performance, which combines traditional Taiwan folk arts with modern pop music to attract the interest of audiences. 30

Electric-Techno Neon Gods/Techno Prince Nezha 電音三太子 �The Electric-Techno Neon Gods, who performed during the opening ceremony for the 2009 World Games, have gained instant fame. Reference: 靜宜大學 31

Traditional temple activity �When this traditional temple celebration performance was transformed into a carnivallike performance, people have concerns and criticisms about it. 32

National Geographic documentry �Electric-Techno Gods are set to gain even more renown when their story is told on the National Geographic Channel. 33

A different way to promote Taiwan �Taiwan student Chien-Heng Wu 吳建衡 was upset that people he met on his travels knew little about his homeland, so he decided to bring a piece of Taiwan abroad. 34

A different way to promote Taiwan �Although he was extorted and almost killed by the local bully, he still kept the original intention. He got the praise by Internet users: “This is love in Taiwan. ” 35

Where the hell is that Taiwan guy? (South America 2012) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Us. Aay. WHhf_0 36

�Question 2: after watching this video, what would be your comments? 37