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The Concepts of Borderlands for American Ethnic Minority Writings and Formation of Literary Genres

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24520296
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

Kina Ikue  琉球大学, 国際沖縄研究所, 教授 (20284945)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords境域 / アメリカ文学 / マイノリティ文学 / エスニック文学 / 多文化主義 / ジャンル / トランスナショナル / borderlands / Borderlands / チカーノ(ナ)文学 / ジェンダー / グローリア・アンサルドゥーア / 沖縄 / マイノリティ / ボーダー / ディアスポラ
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Based on the question of how so-called "ethnic literature" or "minority literature" as literary genres have contributed both to elaborating and simplifying understanding of American literature, this study explores the effect of the critical concept of "border" and "borderlands" to envision further alternatives to our comprehension of American literature as multicultural literature. The concept of "borderlands" works effectively not only to redefine the differences among those writers who were previously considered to belong to the same ethnic categories, but also to rediscover the ubiquitous quality of "borderlands" across different cultures and languages as it is found in other literatures than American literature, such as Okinawan literature. In conclusion, the concept of "borderlands" is indispensable to understand the literary expressions that emerges in the space between cultures, nation-states, languages, and sexualities.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report

Research Products

(14 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Invited: 3 results) Book (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Postwar U.S. Presence in Okinawa and Border Imagination: Stories of Eiki Matayoshi and Tami Sakiyama2016

    • Author(s)
      Kina, Ikue
    • Journal Title

      The Japanese Journal of American Studies

      Volume: 27

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Storied Islands: Imagined Indigeneity as a Strategy for Transforming the Okinawan Community2012

    • Author(s)
      Kina, Ikue
    • Journal Title

      国際琉球沖縄論集

      Volume: 2 Pages: 77-84

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Karen Tei Yamashitaの文学の境域性―― ローカリティとグローバリティにおける日系アメリカ人文学の再定位2015

    • Author(s)
      喜納育江
    • Organizer
      九州英文学会
    • Place of Presentation
      佐賀大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-24
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Some Critical Issues in Contemporary Okinawan Literature2014

    • Author(s)
      Kina, Ikue
    • Organizer
      Island Ecologies Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      台湾師範大学(台湾・台北市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-29
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Colonization or Cross-Cultural Contact: U.S. Influence on Postwar Okinawan Culture and Society2014

    • Author(s)
      Kina, Ikue
    • Organizer
      欧米文化研究講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      中央研究院欧米研究所(台湾・台北市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-27
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 「先住民性」の商品化と文化的正統性~ツーリズムとプエブロ先住民のアート2013

    • Author(s)
      喜納育江
    • Organizer
      アメリカ学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京外国語大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] "Surviving in Contact: A Border Theory for Okinawa"2013

    • Author(s)
      Kina, Ikue
    • Organizer
      ALADAA: La Associacion Latinoamericana de Estudios de Asia y Africa
    • Place of Presentation
      ラプラタ大学(アルゼンチン)
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Rethinking "Empowerment" of Indigenous Okinawan Women: Feminism, Indigeneity, and Gendered Experience in Okinawa2012

    • Author(s)
      Kina, Ikue
    • Organizer
      Asia-NZ Research Cluster Symposium, "Reconsidering Gender in Asian Studies: A Pacific Perspective"
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Otago (New Zealand)
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Contact Zones and Border Theory for New Mexico and Okinawa2012

    • Author(s)
      Kina, Ikue
    • Organizer
      Critical Regional Studies at University of New Mexico
    • Place of Presentation
      University of New Mexico (U.S.A.)
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Storied Islands: Imagined Indigeneity as a Strategy for Transforming the Okinawan Community2012

    • Author(s)
      Kina, Ikue
    • Organizer
      University of the Ryukyus and University of Hawaii Joint Symposium: Okinawa and Hawaii at a Crossroads of Island and Gender Studies
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄県市町村自治会館
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 『沖縄ジェンダー学3 交差するアイデンティティ』2016

    • Author(s)
      喜納 育江
    • Total Pages
      266
    • Publisher
      大月書店
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 沖縄ジェンダー学2 法・社会・身体の制度2015

    • Author(s)
      喜納育江・矢野恵美編著
    • Total Pages
      313
    • Publisher
      大月書店
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 文学から環境を考える エコクリティシズムガイドブック2014

    • Author(s)
      小谷一明ほか(共編)
    • Total Pages
      345
    • Publisher
      勉誠出版
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 『沖縄ジェンダー学、「伝統」へのアプローチ』2014

    • Author(s)
      喜納育江(編著)
    • Total Pages
      288
    • Publisher
      大月書店
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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