Monstrous projections and paradisal visions: Japanese conceptualizations of the south seas (nan'yō) as a supernatural space from ancient times to the contemporary period

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dc.contributor.authorOmbrello, Mark Alan
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-02T20:52:09Z
dc.date.available2015-10-02T20:52:09Z
dc.date.issued2014-08
dc.description.abstractFrom Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels to the giant monster movie Mothra, the South Seas has served as conceptual space filled with supernatural potential in Western and Japanese discourse. This dissertation will examine Japanese discourse that appropriated the South Seas (Nan'yō) in that capacity with relation to historical developments and Japanese identity formation from ancient times to the present. Not only does this vast space have a long tradition associated with fantastic beings, but it also resembles traditional Japanese ghosts and other fantastic phenomena in composition and character. Drawing from methodologies and concepts integrated in the field of ghost studies (yōkaigaku), this study will survey continuities and shifts in ways Japanese came to comprehend the space as a physical and conceptual entity. Through this investigation, issues concerning the formation of a worldview, the "Othering" of Pacific peoples, and the development of Japanese modernity will be revealed, offering insight into the transformation of modes of thought and cultural production vis-à-vis direct and vicarious engagement with the oceans and Islanders south of Japan in real and imaginary contexts
dc.description.degreePh.D.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/100384
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.relationTheses for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (University of Hawaii at Manoa). History.
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dc.subjectghost studies
dc.titleMonstrous projections and paradisal visions: Japanese conceptualizations of the south seas (nan'yō) as a supernatural space from ancient times to the contemporary period
dc.typeThesis
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