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Multi-cultural and Multi-lingual Environment and Japanese Identities: Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto, an English Writer and Her Struggle on Exclusivity

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K02312
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Literature in English
Research InstitutionKogakuin University

Principal Investigator

Adachi Setsuko  工学院大学, 情報学部(情報工学部), 准教授 (20272479)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) KEARNEY Michael  工学院大学, 建築学部, 准教授 (20338271)
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords比較文化 / 杉本鉞子 / アイデンティティ / 精神史 / アイデンティティ形成 / Identity Matrixing / 文化思想思潮分析 / Identity Matrix Model / 排他主義
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Fostering individuals that can build mutually trusting rapport with individuals from diverse cultures is essential for respectful coexistence. Moreover, there is a tendency for identities constructed through Japanese discursive formations to avoid multicultural and multilinguistic environments. Analyzing Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto (1872-1950), who was successful as an English writer in the US, will contribute to addressing the issue. The research revealed that Sugimoto’s identity formation represented more complexly intertwined trends of thoughts from the late 19th through mid-20th centuries than initially expected. Thus, the foremost result of this research is in identifying Sugimoto as a product of a period where Geist concepts were becoming more prevalent. This led to an investigation on Geist concepts as a key factor to elucidate the identities of Sugimoto and her contemporaries, which will enhance the examination of Japanese identities today.

Report

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

    (6 results)

All 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] A Chimney (Part 1).2017

    • Author(s)
      Setsuko Adachi
    • Journal Title

      Singapore Review of Books, Feature, History

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A Chimney (Part 2).2017

    • Author(s)
      Setsuko Adachi
    • Journal Title

      Singapore Review of Books, Feature, History

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] I think; therefore, I am.2016

    • Author(s)
      Setsuko Adachi
    • Journal Title

      Berfrois

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] A Ride on John Duffy’s Brother with Michael Kearney’s “Walk Inside Your Empty Head,”2017

    • Author(s)
      Setsuko Adachi
    • Organizer
      Ireland’s Writers in the 21st Century, IASIL (International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 『竹山道雄書簡集』2017

    • Author(s)
      平川祐弘編著
    • Total Pages
      384
    • Publisher
      藤原書店
    • ISBN
      486578151X
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The Need to Belong: Perpetual Conflicts and Temporary Stability2015

    • Author(s)
      Albin Wagner and Tina Rahimy eds
    • Total Pages
      264
    • Publisher
      Oxford: Interdisciplinary Press
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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