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American Novels set on Okinawa

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370322
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Literature in English
Research InstitutionUniversity of the Ryukyus

Principal Investigator

TOKUYAMA Yukinori  琉球大学, グローバル教育支援機構, 非常勤講師 (20412869)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) McCAFFERY Larry  サン・ディエゴ州立大学, 英文学比較文学部, 名誉教授
GREGORY Sinda  サン・ディエゴ州立大学, 英文学比較文学部, 名誉教授
Research Collaborator NISARAGI Celine  , 作家
COOPER E. A.  , 作家
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Keywordsアメリカ小説 / 沖縄 / 在沖米軍基地 / ポストコロニアル理論 / 沖縄(人)表象 / ヴァーン・スナイダー / ジョン・パトリック / ヴァ―ン・スナイダー / E. A. クーパー / セリーヌ・ニサラギ / J. P. トットヒル / 米軍統治 / 在沖米軍基地問題 / 米沖関係 / ポストコロニアリズム / オリエンタリズム / トラベルライティング / 異文化接触 / ジェンダー / アメリカ / 米軍占領統治時代 / 異文化コミュニケーション / アメリカ文学 / ポストコロニアル主義
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main purpose of the study looked at how American authors described Okinawa and Okinawans in their novels set on the postwar Okinawa. In applying postcolonial theories, I explored Okinawa's (post)colonial conditions greatly influenced by the US military presence on the islands. There are basically two types of fiction: stories that criticize the US military control over the Okinawan society and ones that hope the US-Okinawa relations to be improved in respect for Okinawan culture and spirituality. I also held a symposium in Okinawa,in which American scholars and authors participated.
It is an unlooked-for result of the study to be able to unearth the creative process of The Teahosue of the August Moon, the most famous story set on Okinawa written by Vern Sneider, by analyzing the primary sources at the Sneider Archive in Monroe County Historical Museum.
I presented papers at the conferences in Okinawa and the USA and got some of them published in Okinawa.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Open Access: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 5 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] GI's Gazes on Okinawa: The US Military Occupation in Three American Novels2018

    • Author(s)
      渡久山幸功
    • Journal Title

      沖縄キリスト教学院大学 紀要

      Volume: 15 Pages: 41-55

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] ヴァ―ン・スナイダーの第二の沖縄小説- The King from Astabula2017

    • Author(s)
      渡久山幸功
    • Journal Title

      沖縄キリスト教学院大学 紀要

      Volume: 14 Pages: 67-78

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] How have Okinawa and Okinawans been Described by American Authors?: Politics of American Writing of the US Military Foreign Islands2017

    • Author(s)
      渡久山幸功
    • Journal Title

      沖縄大学地域研究所 地域研究

      Volume: 20 Pages: 135-146

    • NAID

      120007125392

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] ヴァ―ン・スナイダーvs.ジョン・パトリックー『八月十五夜の茶屋』の世界的大ヒットの背後にある奇妙な真実2017

    • Author(s)
      渡久山幸功
    • Journal Title

      沖縄外国文学会  Southern Review

      Volume: 32 Pages: 107-112

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 沖縄を描いたヴァ―ン・スナイダーの故郷を訪ねて2015

    • Author(s)
      渡久山 幸功
    • Journal Title

      Southern Review (沖縄外国文学会)

      Volume: 30 Pages: 87-94

    • NAID

      40022183208

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Can You Defend Yellowface Roles in Hollywood?2018

    • Author(s)
      渡久山幸功
    • Organizer
      第48回PCA/ACA年次大会(インディアナポリス)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] How have Okinawa and Okinawans been Described by American Authors?2017

    • Author(s)
      渡久山幸功
    • Organizer
      第47回PCA/ACA年次大会(サン・ディエゴ)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Deconstructing the Myth: The Model for Geisha in the Teahouse of the August Moon2016

    • Author(s)
      渡久山 幸功
    • Organizer
      シンポジウム:沖縄を舞台にしたアメリカ小説
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄県立博物館・美術館講堂(沖縄県那覇市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Riding a Galloping Horse with a Roten Rein-The Art of Survival in Vern Sneider's The Teahouse of the August Moon2016

    • Author(s)
      ラリー・マキャフェリー(Larry McCaffery)
    • Organizer
      シンポジウム:沖縄を舞台にしたアメリカ小説
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄県立博物館・美術館講堂(沖縄県那覇市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Okinawa Eyes-Recent American Fiction about Okinawa2016

    • Author(s)
      ラリー・マキャフェリー(Larry McCaffery)
    • Organizer
      シンポジウム:沖縄を舞台にしたアメリカ小説
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄県立博物館・美術館講堂(沖縄県那覇市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Life is the Teasure: Sarah Bird's Above the East China Sea2016

    • Author(s)
      シンダ・グレゴリー (Sinda Gregory)
    • Organizer
      シンポジウム:沖縄を舞台にしたアメリカ小説
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄県立博物館・美術館講堂(沖縄県那覇市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Adding Page to Okinawa's Literary Culture2016

    • Author(s)
      セリーン・ニサラギ (Celine Nisaragi)
    • Organizer
      シンポジウム:沖縄を舞台にしたアメリカ小説
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄県立博物館・美術館講堂(沖縄県那覇市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Comments re: Military Occupation of Okinawa2016

    • Author(s)
      E. A. クーパー (E.A. Cooper)
    • Organizer
      シンポジウム:沖縄を舞台にしたアメリカ小説
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄県立博物館・美術館講堂(沖縄県那覇市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 沖縄を舞台にした小説:在沖米軍・ロマンス・ユタ・戦後史2016

    • Author(s)
      渡久山 幸功
    • Organizer
      沖縄外国文学会
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄キリスト教学院大学(沖縄県西原町)
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-18
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] American Military Gazes on Okinawa in American Novels2016

    • Author(s)
      Yukinori Tokuyama (渡久山 幸功)
    • Organizer
      Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
    • Place of Presentation
      アメリカ シアトル市 シェラトン・ホテル
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-23
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Vern Sneider の沖縄小説ーThe Teahouse of the August Moon からThe King from Ashtabulaへー2015

    • Author(s)
      渡久山 幸功
    • Organizer
      沖縄外国文学会 第30回年次大会
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄県 琉球大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] 沖縄を舞台にしたアメリカ小説2016

    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄県立博物館・美術館(沖縄県那覇市)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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