Hsin-I Cheng is associate professor of communication studies at Middle Tennessee State University.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Multiculturalism, Communication, and Critical Citizenship StudiesChapter 1: Taiwan—Hybridity of Intercultural PracticesChapter 2: Relational Citizenship as a Communication Strategy for National Identity and Border ManagementChapter 3: Citizens as Relational PartnersChapter 4: Embodied Relational Citizenship in the Public: Place, Visibility, and EmotionsChapter 5: Relational Citizenship Beyond Taiwan–the United StatesConclusion: Relational Framework in Communicating About CitizenshipBibliography

The independent nation-state of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has been colonized over the past centuries by the Dutch, the Spanish, various Qing-era Chinese warlords, and imperial Japan. And throughout it all, Taiwan has welcomed immigrants, travelers, adventurers, and refugees, rendering it one of most multicultural places on the planet, a living laboratory of mixed languages, intermingled cultures, crisscrossing markets, international media flows, and political intrigue—it is the poster child of hybridity in an age of globalization. Hsin-i Cheng offers her insights into how citizens create senses of belonging amidst this miracle of complexity and possibility. Cultivating Membership in Taiwan and Beyond: Relational Citizenship will therefore appeal to students and scholars of intercultural and international communication, globalization studies, and debates about community and citizenship in an age of contested nationalisms.