2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
An Investigation of Ogasawara Islanders of Western' Origin and Their Preservation of Identity and Assimilation into Japanese Society: Historical and Current Aspects of Culture, Language, Politics and Economics
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14390043
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
広領域
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan University |
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Principal Investigator |
DANIEL Long Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Humanities, Associate Professor, 人文学部, 助教授 (00247884)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ELDRIDGE Robert Osaka University, School of International Public Policy, Associate Professor, 大学院・国際公共政策研究科, 助教授 (50335329)
KONISHI Junko Shizuoka University, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (70332690)
CUNNINGHAM Paul Rikkyo University, College of Tourism, Professor, 観光学部, 教授 (90173682)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2004
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| Keywords | Ogasaware Islands / Bonin Islands / Chichiiima / sociolinguistics / ethnomusicology / international relations / tourism studies / identity |
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| Research Abstract |
In this research project, we examined the identity of the "Westerners" of the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, a community of non-ethnic-Japanese people who are Japanese citizens from the time their ancestors were naturalized in the latter 19^<th> century. We looked at the ways in which they maintain their unique identity on the one hand, and are being assimilated into mainstream Japanese society on the other. The approaches used were from the fields of the four researchers, namely, linguistics, musicology, international relations and tourism studies. We studied the subtleties of the ways in which they mix the English and Japanese languages into a unique island language variety, the ways in which islanders are preserving the dances and songs brought from Micronesia and collectively known as the Nanyo Odori or "south seas dances", the ways in which both ethnic Japanese and "Westerners" participated in the political processes leading to (and sometimes opposing) the reversion to Japanese authority in 1968, and the ways in which the Westerners view tourism as a means to economically maintain their community and the educate outsiders about their unique heritage.
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Research Products
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[Journal Article] Amami Islands, Hatoyama Ichiro, Higashikuni Naruhiko, Kishi Nobusuke, Nakasone Yasuhiro, Okinawa(Ryukyu Islands), Sato Eisaku, San Francisco Peace Treaty, United States-Japan Security Treaty, U.S. Military Bases-Japan, Yoshida Shigeru2002
Author(s)
Eldridge, Robert
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Journal Title
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, winner of the ALA Outstanding Reference Source Award, 2002(in David Levinson and Karen Christensen, et al., Eds.)(New York: Charles Scribner's Sons)
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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[Book] 慶應義塾大学2003
Author(s)
ロング、ダニエル
Publisher
小笠原諸島の言語と文化-日本の中の多言語社会
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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[Book] 小笠原学ことはじめ2002
Author(s)
ロング・ダニエル(編著)
Total Pages
334
Publisher
南方新社
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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