East Asian Languages & Cultures Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Romantic Relationships and Urban Modernity in the Writings of Han Bangqing and Zhang Ailing
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)Despite the vast amount of research done by Chinese and Western scholars on the writings of Han Bangqing (1854-1894) and, particularly, Zhang Ailing (1920-1995), there has been relatively little scholarship focusing on the ... -
The Middle Class in the Middle Kingdom: Regime Support for the Chinese Leadership?
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)Over the last thirty years China has witnessed economic development at an extraordinary rate. China has also developed a growing urban middle class. However, China remains the world's largest authoritarian regime. Modernization ... -
REBEL WITH A CAUSE: ISHIHARA SHINTARŌ, A CASE STUDY OF A JAPANESE NATIONALIST
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)This paper explores the formation of national identity through selected works of Ishihara Shintarō, a politician and writer. Ishihara's narrative of identity, as seen in his works, reflects the Japanese nation's quest for ... -
Policy and Reform In Public Schools During the Occupation of Japan
(University of Kansas, 2010-12-31)The present study deals with the educational reforms set into place by the Supreme Commander of Allied Powers (SCAP) from 1945 to 1952. Through the review of several issues within Occupation era educational reform, the ... -
Sex and Silence: Ochiai Keiko's The Rape in a historical context
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)This thesis examines Ochiai Keiko's The Rape within the context of the development of feminism and activism for women's issues in Japan. Since Japan began modernizing in 1868CE, women have struggled with their social and ... -
Acquisition of Semantic and Pragmatic Meaning of the Quantifier Nanko-ka by Adult Learners of Japanese
(University of Kansas, 2011-08-31)This study investigated how the Japanese quantifier nanko-ka, which is one of the counterparts of English some, is interpreted by adult learners of Japanese. English some has two distinguished meanings: a semantic meaning ... -
THE SONG OF EVERLASTING SORROW: WANG ANYI'S TALE OF SHANGHAI
(University of Kansas, 2010-02-03)ABSTRACT The 2008 publication of the English version of The Song of Everlasting Sorrow - a Novel of Shanghai, translated by Michael Berry and Susan Chan Egan, brought some well-deserved attention to Wang Anyi, an important ... -
Reflecting (on) the Orientalist Gaze: A Feminist Analysis of Japanese-U.S. GIs Intimacy in Postwar Japan and Contemporary Okinawa
(University of Kansas, 2009-05-16)This project explores experiences of two generations of Japanese women, "war brides," who married U.S. GIs and moved to the U.S. in the post-World War II era, and "military wives," who married U.S. GIs within the past ... -
An analysis of typing errors by JFL learners and the causes of those errors.
(University of Kansas, 2010-07-29)The present study investigated the tendency of common typing errors by JFL (Japanese as a Foreign Language) learners, focusing on errors that relate to long vowels and the causes of those errors. With the widespread use ... -
Guanxi and Multinational Hiring Practices
(University of Kansas, 2010-06-14)No book on doing business in China is complete without a section on guanxi, the relationships with others that get things done. However, despite a long history of research, there are still debates in the field. Is it a ... -
Anti-Americanism and National Identity in South Korea
(University of Kansas, 2009-06-16)The goal of my thesis is to investigate the nature of anti-Americanism in South Korea, a nation which has had a long and intricate relationship with the United States. Starting with a brief survey of anti-Americanism as a ... -
Kim Tal-su and Early "Zainichi" Literature
(University of Kansas, 2009-04-29)The purpose of this study is to analyze the literary contributions of a founding member of the Korean expatriate literary community in Japan, Kim Tal-su, and by providing several short translations of his works, allow the ... -
Chinese Deja Vu: Parallels Between The Urban Popular Cultures Of Republican and Post Mao China
(University of Kansas, 2009-04-24)This thesis examines three ways in which the popular culture of post Mao China parallels that of Republican China. The first parallel, concerning the context for the emergence and development of urban pop culture in each ... -
Methods to Market Mario: An Analysis of American and Japanese Preference for Control in Video Games
(University of Kansas, 2009-01-01)Video game developers and journalists on both sides of the Pacific agree that the preferences of Japanese and American video gamers are quite different. Their consensus is that Americans prefer a relatively higher level ...