英文摘要 |
This thesis focuses on the history of societal development in postwar Su'ao, and tries to understand the development of Su'ao local society in post-war period. By using religion as the starting point of analysis, this research figures out how the collective action of Su'ao's fishermen used religion to package their requirement. This research tries to understand the temple (Nantien Temple) as a gathering point for locals, and observing how the temple functions as a center for both competition and cooperation between local society and the regime. This research attempts to comprehend Taiwan's post-war political history and the patterns of Cold War era political affairs by understanding the life experience of people living on the frontier. Even in the turmoil of the Cold War, fishermen acting in the Taiwan Strait never stopped their communication through the black market. This research considers this experience of communication through nongovernmental channels as the fountainhead of the Post-Cold War Cross-Strait relationship. In addition, leaders of collective anti-government action used religion as a negotiation tool to catch the public's attention. By analysing those two actions in 1987 and 1989, this research gains first-person insights into the mutual interaction between local and government powers as well as local responses to government control. Result of the collision with government authority, Nantien Temple has become an influential temple of Taiwan; the experiences and needs of local fishermen who represent the peoples who has the needs to contact with each sides were also recognized by both sides of the Strait of Taiwan through religion. |