Illness and Healing at the Turn of the 20th Century America
| Project/Area Number |
23720139
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Nara Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
NAKAGAWA Chiho 奈良女子大学, 研究院人文科学系, 准教授 (70452026)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
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| Keywords | 病 / 医療 / 宗教 / 心霊主義 / ジェンダー / New Thought / Neurasthenia / 健康 / 道徳 / 同情 / セクシュアリティ / 世紀転換期 / シェーカー教徒 / 科学技術 / 霊媒 / 自己 / 異性愛規範 / リアリズム文学 / シェーカー教 / 社会改良運動 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study explores the discourse in 19th and early 20th American fiction concerning the female body, in particular, how women’s health and illness are
addressed. The novels of the writers I discuss--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Wiiliam Dean Howells, Hamlin Garland, Edith Wharton, and others--reflect a wide range of 'turn of the century' views related to medicine: the etiology of physical and psychological diseases, spiritualism, materialism, New Thought cults, the role of doctors, and the newly establish profession of nursing. One of my interests is "neurasthenia," which was considered at the time to have been born out of rapid industrialization and urbanization, yet the study reveals that the novels represent the condition as arising out of unarticulated anxieties and complaints that resist uniform interpretations. My research argues that the women’s spirituality, which offered women wider social access, leads them―paradoxically―to be defined physically and materially.
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Report
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Research Products
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[Presentation] The Future Eve:2014
Author(s)
Chiho Nakagawa
Organizer
The Slayerage Conference 2014
Place of Presentation
California State University, Sacramento, CA, USA
Year and Date
2014-06-19 – 2014-06-22
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