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East Asian Studies Senior Individualized Projects [12]
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The Kimono as a Symbol of Nationalized Middle-Class Femininity
(2016)Japanologist and kimono scholar Goldstein-Gidoni writes, "The kimono-clad woman has become a symbol in modern Japan. Like cherry blossoms and Mount Fuji, she is one of the best-known symbols of Japan as a nation." The ... -
Finding Empowerment in Tea : Female Practitioners' Role in Japanese Tea Ceremony since the Warring States Period and the Claiming of Personal Power Through Their Association with Authority and Self-Development
(2016)Women's role in tea ceremony has been and continues to be undermined and devalued. A large reason for this is the erasure of women's role in the history of Tea and general discrimination against women in society and the ... -
"All the Guys I Like Are Gay!" A Translation and Discussion of Chapter 1 (Love Problems) from The Lady's Personal Advice Column by Keiko Soutome as a Commentary on Women's Self-Help Books
(2016)The author provides an English translation of the Japanese self-help book and reflecting on the process, she writes “I found the process of translation far more frustrating than I had anticipated. However, through the ... -
The Power of Japanese Blood : An In-Depth Analysis of the History, Status and Identity of Nikkei Peruvians During the 20th and 21st Centuries
(2016)Despite his downfall, Alberto Fujimori will forever be remembered as the nikkei who accomplished the impossible, going against the grain of traditional politics by using his status as a minority to gain the presidency and ... -
Who is Worthy of Speaking English? Black Women's Social Position in South Korea
(2017)There are two ways in which black women are changing their image in South Korea: presence and the performance of Koreanness. As more black women come to South Korea, they create a more familiar presence in Korean society. ... -
The Globalization of Taiko : How Japanese-Style Drumming to North America Connecting a Diverse Global Community
(2015)The author discusses the popularity and history of Japanese Taiko drumming and asks why this Japanese form has taken hold in the West instead of traditional forms of drumming from China or Korea. She points out that the ... -
Schoolgirls With Guns The Evolution of Military Moe as an Otaku Subgenre
(2015)The author examines a fusion subgenre of Japanese anime and manga otaku: military moe. Although it was only solidified as a concept in the mid-2000s, military moe anime and manga have exploded in popularity over a relatively ... -
Japanese Queer Identity Construction : An Exploration of Same-Sex Desire in Postwar Japan
(2015)The author explores the historical and contemporary connotations of same-sex attraction and queer identity in Japan, focusing particularly on the effects of same-sex love in popular culture on the construction of identity. ... -
Creative Destruction and Manipulation: The Metamorphosis of China's Rare Earth Elements Industry
(2014)This paper will attempt to bring together a history of rare earth elements, in general terms but more importantly in the case of the Chinese industry, as well as current events reporting, analysis, and forecasting. This ... -
Comfortably Out of Place : Living as a Foreigner in Japan
(2014)The author explores her experience with the Japanese attitude to foreigners during her study abroad at the Japan Center for Michigan Universities in Shiga Prefecture. She concludes “I was not simply a person to anyone I ... -
Friend or Food : An Examination of Western Orientalism and its Effect on China's Relationship with Dogs
(2014)The author focuses on how the human relationship with dogs has developed differently over time in the West and China, how the West has always presented Chinese tradition in an Orientalist, biased light, and how recently, ... -
Kung Fu Struggles : How Martial Arts Films Continue to Perpetuate East Asian Stereotypes in the US
(2014)The martial arts films that were analyzed in this paper have shown that East Asian and African American stereotypes are perpetuated. The concepts of mysticism, revenge, honor and dishonor have all been presented in ways ...
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