This is an introductory course on issues in relation to women in Taiwan. In this course we focus on social phenomena and questions regarding various groups of women in contemporary Taiwan, including lesbian identity, sexual liberation, international marriage, and migrant labor. Through this course we learn from and appreciate issues that concern women in Taiwanese history and society. With this course we also learn to become familiar with feminist thinking in Taiwanese modern history as well as social culture, and with a respectful mind we shall be familiar with feminist discourses in Taiwan.

This is an introductory course on issues in relation to women in Taiwan. In this course we focus on social phenomena and questions regarding various groups of women in contemporary Taiwan, including lesbian identity, sexual liberation, international marriage, and migrant labor. Through this course we learn from and appreciate issues that concern women in Taiwanese history and society. With this course we also learn to become familiar with feminist thinking in Taiwanese modern history as well as social culture, and with a respectful mind we shall be familiar with feminist discourses in Taiwan.

Doris T. Chang. Women’s Movements in Twentieth-Century Taiwan. University of Illinois Press, 2009
Ho, Ming-sho. “Taiwan's Road to Marriage Equality: Politics of Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage.” The China Quarterly 238 (2019): 482–503.
Kandiyoti, Deniz. “Bargaining with Patriarchy.” Gender & Society 2 (1988): 274-290.
Lan, Pei-Chia. “Migrant Women Bodies as Boundary Markers: Reproductive Crisis and Sexual Control in the Ethnic Frontiers of Taiwan.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 33:4 (2008): 833-861.
Ward, Thomas J. “The Comfort Women Controversy – Lessons from Taiwan.” The Asia-Pacific Journal 16:8, no. 5 (2018): 1-13.
Yang, Chia-Ling. “Competition and Change in the Discourse on Abortion in Taiwan.” Struggles for Reproductive Justice in the Era of Anti-Genderism and Religious Fundamentalism. edited by R. Selberg, M. Kolankiewicz, and D. Mulinari, 133-154. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
王雅各。《臺灣婦女解放運動史》。1999年，台北，巨流。
何春蕤。《豪爽女人：女性主義與性解放》。1994年，台北，皇冠。
紀慧文。《12位上班小姐的生涯故事》。1998年，台北，唐山。
夏曉鵑。《流離尋岸：資本國際化下的「外籍新娘」現象》。2002年，台北，台灣社會研究叢刊。
藍佩嘉。《跨國灰姑娘》。2008年，台北，行人文化實驗室。

Doris T. Chang. Women’s Movements in Twentieth-Century Taiwan. University of Illinois Press, 2009
Ho, Ming-sho. "Taiwan's Road to Marriage Equality: Politics of Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage." The China Quarterly 238 (2019): 482–503.
Kandiyoti, Deniz. “Bargaining with Patriarchy.” Gender & Society 2 (1988): 274-290.
Lan, Pei-Chia. “Migrant Women Bodies as Boundary Markers: Reproductive Crisis and Sexual Control in the Ethnic Frontiers of Taiwan.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 33:4 (2008): 833-861.
Ward, Thomas J. “The Comfort Women Controversy – Lessons from Taiwan.” The Asia-Pacific Journal 16:8, no. 5 (2018): 1-13.
Yang, Chia-Ling. “Competition and Change in the Discourse on Abortion in Taiwan.” Struggles for Reproductive Justice in the Era of Anti-Genderism and Religious Fundamentalism. edited by R. Selberg, M. Kolankiewicz, and D. Mulinari, 133-154. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
King Jacob. "History of the Women's Liberation Movement in Taiwan". 1999, Taipei, huge flow.
He Chunrui. The Generous Woman: Feminism and Sexual Liberation. 1994, Taipei, Crown.
Ji Huiwen. "Life Stories of 12 Working Girls". 1998, Taipei, Tangshan.
Xia Xiaojuan. "Searching for shore: the phenomenon of "foreign brides" under the internationalization of capital." 2002, Taipei, Taiwan Social Research Series.
Lan Pejia. "Transnational Cinderella". 2008, Taipei, Pedestrian Culture Laboratory.