2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on gender presentation of postwar okinawan literature
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20520166
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese literature
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| Research Institution | University of the Ryukyus |
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Principal Investigator |
SHINJOU Ikuo University of the Ryukyus, 法文学部, 教授 (10284944)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 戦後 / 沖縄文学 / ジェンダー / 男性性 / ポストコロニアリズム / 軍事 / 占領 / ホモソーシャリティ |
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| Research Abstract |
The result of this research was above all 'Listening to Okinawa ' published in December, 2010. Especially, the crisis of the masculinity of the postwar Okinawan literature is definitely important point in this study. In Addition, the aspect of negation of the desire concerning a man of Okinawa and the struggles of homoeroticism opened new horizon in the study of postwar Okinawan literature. Of course This research clarified the male homosocial desire of the Okinawan literature, And, this research clarified that the Japan-U.S. military alliance was composed through the negation of the desire to Okinawa. In this respect, the most important meaning of this research is thinking abut the politics of homoerotic desire.
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