Monstrous projections and paradisal visions : Japanese conceptualizations of the south seas (nan'yō) as a supernatural space from ancient times to the contemporary period
Monstrous projections and paradisal visions : Japanese conceptualizations of the south seas (nan'yō) as a supernatural space from ancient times to the contemporary period
| dc.contributor.author | Ombrello, Mark Alan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-10-02T20:52:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-10-02T20:52:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-08 | |
| dc.description | Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2014. | |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references. | |
| dc.description.abstract | From 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.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/100384 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | [Honolulu] : [University of Hawaii at Manoa], [August 2014] | |
| dc.relation | Theses for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (University of Hawaii at Manoa). History. | |
| dc.rights | All UHM dissertations and theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission from the copyright owner. | |
| dc.subject | ghost studies | |
| dc.title | Monstrous projections and paradisal visions : Japanese conceptualizations of the south seas (nan'yō) as a supernatural space from ancient times to the contemporary period | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text |
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