East Asian Languages & Cultures Dissertations and Theses
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An interdisciplinary analysis of Sino-U.S. negotiation styles
(University of Kansas, 1996-05-31)Exploratory and interdisciplinary in nature, this study examines the role of perception, cultural orientation, and stereotypes in shaping Chinese and American negotiation styles. There were nine subjects (N=9) in the ... -
A Critical Approach to Human Trafficking in Japan: Rethinking Sex Trafficking Policy Through the Examples of Filipino Migrant Entertainers
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)This thesis focuses on the problematic relationship between the carceral state and carceral feminism, which are U.S. centered, and its effects on human trafficking and sex work in Japan. I utilize academic research on the ... -
Sorry but Not Sorry: Politics of Apology over Comfort Women between Japan and South Korea
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)This study examines the politics of apology between South Korea and Japan over the issue of comfort women. The subject has been one of the primary sources of the intractable relationship between the two countries since the ... -
Murakami Haruki's Short Fiction and the Japanese Consumer Society
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)This thesis seeks to describe the Japanese novelist Murakami Haruki’s continuing critique of Japan’s modern consumer-oriented society in his fiction. The first chapter provides a brief history of Japan’s consumer-oriented ... -
Seeking suzhi through Modernization and Development
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The Chinese term suzhi is generally translated into English as “quality,” but in fact, the English language does not have a single word that adequately conveys the type of “quality” to which the term suzhi refers. Suzhi ... -
RECENTERING TAIWAN: COLONIALISM, THE NATION, AND IDENTITY IN TAIWANESE FICTION AND FILM
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the variety of factors that have influenced Taiwanese identity formation since the latter half of the twentieth century. This was done with a particular focus on the influence of ... -
Jogakusei: A Cultural Icon of Meiji Japan
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)The term joshidaisei, female college students, is often associated with an image of modernity, stylishness, and intelligence in contemporary Japan, and media such as TV, fashion magazines, and websites feature them as if ... -
Transforming the Spirit: Wang Wei’s Encomium on a Pure Land Bianxiang
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)In this thesis, I examine an encomium written by Wang Wei in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE). I explain how the term bianxiang 變相, which was used to refer to a certain type of Buddhist painting popular at the time, is treated ... -
China’s soft power investment in African nations
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)While western media reports describe China’s increasing economic and political influence as “China threat” that can undermine U.S. influence and affect the existing international hegemonic order, public opinion poll data ... -
Gender Dynamics in China's Legal System: Comparative Analysis with the United States
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)This thesis examines gender dynamics in China’s legal system and aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the situation for female legal professionals. The gender gap is examined for several categories of legal ... -
HOT ECONOMICS, COLD POLITICS: THE INFLUENCE OF ANTI-JAPANESE PROTESTS ON JAPANESE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CHINA
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)The Japan-China relationship is one of the most significant bilateral economic relationships in the world. However, it is also convoluted by political and historical tensions, which can be characterized as “hot economics, ... -
A Failure to Communicate: Li Shangyin's Hermetic Legacy
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)An in-depth study of the Tang poet Li Shangyin, focusing on selected hermetic poems that illustrate Shangyin's approach to Chinese poetics. This paper emphasizes the frustrating, elusive quality of Shangyin's hermetic ... -
Cross-script cognate priming effects on visual word recognition:Effects of Japanese loanword cognates in L2 Japanese learners
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Research in bilingualism has shown that translation pairs that look or sound similar across languages (e.g., English-Spanish rich-rico) are easy to recognize for the speakers of the two languages. Such translation pairs ... -
Hollywood in China: The Chinese Reception of 'Titanic' as a Case Study
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)With China's increasingly globalized economy and Hollywood's notorious role in the global culture industry, scholars are taking particular interest in the effect of transnational commodification on Chinese culture. This ... -
Conscientious Rule: Political and Moral Philosophy in "The Way of Conscientiousness and Trustworthiness" (Zhong xin zhi dao)
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)In this thesis I research the moral significance of "conscientiousness" and "trustworthiness" in the excavated text "The Way of Conscientiousness and Trustworthiness" (Zhong xin zhi dao) to argue that conscientiousness in ... -
Cold War in Asia: China's Involvement in the Korean and Vietnam War
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)As essential components of the Cold War, the Korean War and the Vietnam War have played significant roles in global policy among the Western forces under the leadership of the United States and the Eastern bloc led by the ... -
Re-envisioning Literature and History: An Annotated Translation of Two Short Stories by Jin Renshun
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)Jin Renshun (b. 1970) is one of the most influential Chinese female authors born during the 1970s. From the mid- 1990s onward, she has written a large number of works in a range of genres and themes including play scripts ... -
Rethinking the Axial Age in Ancient China: The Role of Religion in Governance from the Shang to the Early Han
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)The Axial Age is a term often used to describe an intellectual golden age that occurred in the first millennium Before the Common Era. Thinkers in civilizations across the globe at that time contributed to a philosophical ... -
Pollution and Environmental Concern in Rural China
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)In the last decades, China has become equally known for her high economic growth rates and the increased environmental pollution that came with the economic change. Although the central government has taken steps to mitigate ... -
Queer Comrades, Queer China: Hybrid Lesbian Identities in an Age of Social Media
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)Seeking to problematize the "global gay" versus "local cultural specificity" argument, this paper analyzes an emerging lesbian (lala) identity and culture in contemporary P.R. China through the content of webcasts on the ...