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Abstract The purpose of this study is to observe the evolvement of social classes through different economic stages after the restoration of Taiwan. Also, this study applied class theory to analyze the cause of class antagonism, and view the factors of gender oppositions through the perspectives of patriarchy and feminism. The research methods applied in this study were historical research and documentary analysis and probed into whether both of them have identical quality, and if there is one approach that can solve the situation of oppositions. This article focused on the ¡§fortune,¡¨ both classes and genders have subordinate relationships due to the unequal fortune distributions. Therefore higher classes would exploit lower classes, and because of males dominate the power of economics to consolidate their patriarchy therefore cause the loss of female rights. However, it is not easy to solve these two issues. The social structure has been secured for long time. Especially the economic pattern in Taiwan deviates to capitalism, under the inter-effects of liberal economics and traditional patriarchal value, not only has created the class structure, but also let females suffer from the duplicate exploitations from labor market and family therefore are reluctant to be placed at an unequal position. The class has been altered for decades however the transition of economic structure has slowed down in recent year. The middle class didn¡¦t vanish, but steadily progressed and has a tendency of increasing. However the up-flowing channel is not that smooth. Most important is that the exploitations and conflicts between upper level classes and lower classes and the expansion of poverty gap. Therefore the government started to make improvements on the situation, not only improved the labors¡¦ rights, established labor protection acts in order to reform the unequal relationships between labors and capitals. But also re-arrange the fortune with social policies to diminish the poverty gap. As for gender issue, due to the raise of feminism, with consistent efforts of these newly formed feminist social interest groups, political and economic structure variations, and legal protections, the unequal relationships between genders has improved substantially. This article analyzed the major cause of class antagonism and gender oppositions, except for substantial rules, the most important thing of improvement is to alternation of concepts requires to be achieved through family and school education. The ultimate goal of all human beings is to create a harmonious society, though the purpose is unable to be reached in just one step, however with consistent striving, a harmonious society can be expected soon.

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As female performers of son, the members of Orquesta Anacaona are in dialogue with gendered discourses about the masculinity of son and with feminist discourses about music as a space of resistance to masculine domination simply by existing. Son performance and son scholarship are a “paradoxical space” for the members of Anacaona: their performance of “masculine” music on “masculine” instruments was an act of transgression, while some responses to the group (scholarly and otherwise) reinforce patriarchal structures that devalue women. I examine references to race and gender in Cuban music through son and through portrayals of the mulata in popular theater, both of which are relevant to identities claimed and enacted by Orquesta Anacaona. Using Orquesta Anacaona as a case study, I point out the ways in which narratives of music in Cuba have subordinated women, especially women of color, as well as ways in which Cuban women have resisted oppression through musical performance. In light of the constant presence of women in Cuban music, as well as inconsistently complete scholarship on gender and sexuality in Cuban music, I conclude that a great deal of work can be done on gender in Cuban music and that future scholarship should continue to push toward a third-wave feminist perspective. / text