| 研究課題/領域番号 |
21K00444
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| 研究種目 |
基盤研究(C)
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| 配分区分 | 基金 |
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| 応募区分 | 一般 |
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| 審査区分 |
小区分02040:ヨーロッパ文学関連
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| 研究機関 | 日本大学 |
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研究代表者 |
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| 研究期間 (年度) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| 研究課題ステータス |
交付 (2022年度)
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| 配分額 *注記 |
4,030千円 (直接経費: 3,100千円、間接経費: 930千円)
2023年度: 650千円 (直接経費: 500千円、間接経費: 150千円)
2022年度: 2,210千円 (直接経費: 1,700千円、間接経費: 510千円)
2021年度: 1,170千円 (直接経費: 900千円、間接経費: 270千円)
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| キーワード | exoticism / Pacific islands / colonialism / Exoticism / Pacificism / German literature / German history |
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| 研究開始時の研究の概要 |
In the 18th and 19th century, European seafarers imagined Pacific Islands as an erotic paradise. The "girl of the island" became an allegory of the Pacific. However, together with this exoticist imagination, venereal diseases arrived on the islands and lead to a demographic catastrophe. The research of this project will investigate the connection between exoticism and the spread of disease on Pacific islands. It will critically discuss the consequences of exoticism for the local population and for the development of a politics of racial hygiene at the beginning of the 20th century.
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| 研究実績の概要 |
I co-organized an international conference on exoticism (June 3-5, 2022), with 23 speakers at Sophia University. We will include selected contributions in an anthology, to be published by Fink (Germany) in 2023. For the book, I prepared an introductory history of the concept of exoticism from the 18th century to the present. While Anglo-Saxon post-colonialism sharply criticizes exoticism, the Francophone tradition celebrates exoticism as an art of living. I also elaborated a study on sexual exoticism comparing Pierre Loti and Robert Mueller against the background of the spread of venereal diseases on Pacific islands. Archival studies in Europe have shown that medical discourse functions as a counter-discourse to sexual exoticism. Exoticism thus turns out to be a highly controversial field.
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| 現在までの達成度 (区分) |
現在までの達成度 (区分)
3: やや遅れている
理由
Since my proposal for a new edition of Robert Mueller's novella "The Girl of the Island" (1919) has been rejected, I am looking for a new publisher. 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of Robert Mueller's death. I hope that the forthcoming commemorative year will also bring renewed attention to this author. My studies on the Marshall Islands during the German colonial period have not progressed to the extent expected because of restrictions on access to the Berlin Federal Archives.
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| 今後の研究の推進方策 |
In 2023, I am planning to continue my research at the German Federal Archives on the colonization and the exoticist imagination of the Pacific while presenting the results at meetings and conferences. We would like to present the anthology on exoticism at a conference at Meiji University in early November. The plan for February 2024 field studies in the Marshall Islands is still pending. The implementation of this project is not only dependent on the success of the preparatory research, but also on overcoming various obstacles to travel. At the center of the stay on the island of Majuro should be research in the Alele Museum. The library houses an extensive collection of historical photographs (de Brum collection).
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