Scenes from Dutch Formosa: Staging Taiwan's Colonial Past

by Llyn Scott (Editor)

Presented in four thematic sections, Scenes from Dutch Formosa brings together a variety of genres and historical essays to contextualize the Dutch Formosan colonial era between 1625 and 1663, for an audience of postcolonial, culture, and performance studies readers. The collection examines diverse Dutch, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and Taiwanese dramatic-dialogic interpretations of the Dutch East India Company’s presence in Taiwan. Introductory and concluding essays by historian Murray A. Rubinstein set the global stage with a scholarly sweep on the role of Dutch Formosa in an ongoing international drama of diplomacy.

300 pages, Paperback

First published May 31, 2013

Reviews

[Pei-jean Lu · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had a different expectation for this when I bought it. I have limited knowledge of the Dutch occupation days other than knowing that their presence was in what is modern day Tainan and following their retreat a brief presence in modern day Tamshui so I was hoping for more insight.
While there is historical background, for me it falls short of what I was hoping for