The trans-Pacific imagination : rethinking boundary, culture and society / editors, Naoki Sakai, Hyon Joo Yoo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sakai, Naoki, 1946-

Yoo, Hyon Joo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism.

History.

East Asia--Civilization.

East Asia.

Civilization.

Postcolonialism and the arts.

Nationalism--East Asia--History.

Physical Description:

xix, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, [2012]

Summary:

This anthology critically re-examines and re-articulates the discursive boundary that binds the region called East Asia in order to produce Trans-Pacific studies. Recognizing that the creation of regional boundaries depends on a new configuration of both inter- and intra-national power relations and the ideological constructs that generate historical, ideological, and cultural effects, this volume proposes that the term "Trans-Pacific" be mobilized to complicate the phrase "East Asian" as the boundary of academic discipline and socio-cultural discourse. The anthology also examines the historical conditions under which "East Asia" was constructed as an area and the Trans-Pacific directives that nurtured the sense of nationality in each component nation of East Asia.

Contents:

Towards a Transnational History of Victimhood Nationalism: On the Trans-Pacific Space / Jie-Hyun Lim Lim, Jie-Hyun 45

The Trans-Pacific Migrant and Area Studies / Lisa Lowe Lowe, Lisa 61

Imprinting the Empire: Western Artists and the Persistence of Colonialism in East Asia / Tessa Morris-Suzuki Morris-Suzuki, Tessa 75

The Political Formation of the Homoerotics and the Cold War: The Battle of Gazes at and from Okinawa / Lkuo Shinjou Shinjou, Lkuo 97

Securing Okinawa for Miscegenation: Gender and Trans-Pacific Empire of the United States and Japan / Annmaria Shimabuku Shimabuku, Annmaria 107

The Politics of Postcoloniality and the Literature of "Being-in-Japan" (Zainichi) / Hyoduk Lee Lee, Hyoduk 141

The Incurable Feminine: Women Without a Country in East Asian Cinema / Hyon Joo Too Too, Hyon Joo 167

Inter-Asia Comparative Framework: Postcolonial Film Historiography in Taiwan and South Korea / Soyoung Kim Kim, Soyoung 189

Postcolonial Hiroshima, Mon Amour: Franco-Japanese Collaboration in the American Shadow / Tuko Shibata Shibata, Tuko 215

Reconceptualizing "East Asia" in the Post-Cold War Era / Sun Ge Ge, Sun 253

Trans-Pacific Studies and the US-Japan Complicity / Naoki Sakai Sakai, Naoki 279.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814324137

9814324132

9789814324144

9814324140

OCLC:

777364327