Representations of the 'West, ' 'Japan, ' the 'Periphery' and Nationality in the Discourse of Lafcadio Hearn Studies
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- FUKUMA Yoshiaki
- Kyoto University
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- ラフカディオ・ハーン研究言説における「西洋」「日本」「辺境」の表象とナショナリティ
- ラフカディオ ハーン ケンキュウ ゲンセツ ニ オケル セイヨウ ニホン ヘンキョウ ノ ヒョウショウ ト ナショナリティ
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to analyze representations of the 'West, ' 'Japan' and 'Periphery' in the discourse of the studies of Lafcadio Hearn in pre-war Japan in order to examine the nationality and its construction, where representations of the 'West, ' 'Japan and the' Periphery intersected.<BR>'Japan' wanted a universality such as that of the 'West, ' but recognized the lack of it in the 1900s. In the 1910-20s, however, what was emphasized was the peculiarity of 'Japan, ' something distinct from the universality of the 'West.' And in the 1930-40s, 'Japan' wanted to project its universality as something distinct from the 'West.' But, in trying to legitimize the image of its 'self, ' 'Japan' appropriated 'Periphery' as something that should be excluded from, or included in that 'self image.'<BR>While the representations of 'Japan' was (re-) produced in such a manner, we can also find a residual uncertainty in 'nationality.' This paper reveals the complex process between the construction and the uncertainties of 'nationality' through analyzing representations of the 'West, ' 'Japan' and the 'Periphery in the discourse of studies on Lafcadio Hearn.
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- Japanese Sociological Review
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Japanese Sociological Review 53 (3), 329-347, 2002
The Japan Sociological Society
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- CRID
- 1390282679270601472
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- NII Article ID
- 110000226641
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- NII Book ID
- AN00109823
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- ISSN
- 18842755
- 00215414
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- NDL BIB ID
- 6617969
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- JaLC
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