Liu Huwy-min. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 184-191). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.iii / Acknowledgements --- p.vi / Table of Contents --- p.viii / Chapter Chapter 1: --- The Introduction --- p.1 / Taiwan Betel Nut Puzzle / The History of Betel Nut / Betel Nut on Mainland China / Betel Nut in Taiwan / The Dutch (1624-62) and Zheng (1662-84) Rule / Qing Rule (1683-1895) / Japanese Rule (1895-1945) / Post World War II (1945-1970) / 1970 to the Present / The Economy and the State Transformation / Selling Betel Nut in Contemporary Taiwan / Betel nut Production / Betel Nut Shops / Betel Nut Beauties / Objectives and Significance of Researching Betel Nut Consumption in Taiwan / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Betel Nut Consumption as Contested Discourse --- p.32 / Meeting Betel Nut Consumers: Fieldwork at the Garden / The Betel Nut Shop and Its Owners / Research Methods / Seeing Betel Nut Consumers: Informants in Taiwan's Context / Betel Nut Consumption in Mainstream Discourse / Biomedical Discourse / """Cultural Survival"" Discourse" / Environmentalist Discourse / Substance Abuse Discourse / Discourses and Contestation / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Gender and Betel Nut Consumption --- p.64 / Gendered Consumption / Stimulant Substances and Gender / A Male or Masculine Habit? / Women's Rebellion and Modernity / Masculinity and Adulthood / Male Group Chhit-Tho / Chhit-tho Lang / The Taste of Adulthood / Entering Society / "Masculinity, Rebellion, and Power" / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Class and Betel Nut Consumption --- p.92 / """No Class Distinction, Just being Siwen or not""" / "Discourse, Resistance, and Modernity" / Hygiene and Modernity / """Only A Matter of Hygiene"" as Resistance" / Framing Individual Choice / Energizing Substance / In the Name of Work / The Contestation of Class / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Social Identity and Betel Nut Consumption --- p.123 / Two Myths / Framework of Ethnic Relations in Taiwan / Native Taiwanese vs. Mainlanders / The Story of Taike / "Two Nationalisms, Two Identities" / Localities and Nationalism / Ethnicity and Betel Nut Chewing / "Constructing Ethnicity, Competing Discourses" / "Ethnicity, Social Identity, and Class" / Aborigines vs. Native Taiwanese / The Origin Myth of Betel Nut: the Aborigines / From Chhi-a to Pau-Hiu-a / Unpacking the Aborigine Myth / Authenticity and Legitimacy / Local Knowledge / Ethnic Identity as an Ideology / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Conclusion --- p.158 / Is It Traditional? / The Rise of Betel Nut Consumption in Taiwan / Political Economic Aspects / Cultural Aspects / Masculinity and Power / "Class and Capitalism," / Nationalism and Authenticity / Combining Political Economy and Culture / Cultural Intimacy / Bibliography --- p.185 / Appendix --- p.193