The Language of the Old-Okinawan Omoro Sōshi

The Language of the Old-Okinawan Omoro Sōshi

Author: Leon A. Serafim

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-03-01

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 9004414681

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In this volume, Leon A. Serafim and Rumiko Shinzato offer a grammatical and phonological description of the Old Okinawan language for comparison with other Ryukyuan languages and Old Japanese, phonologically reconstructing, translating, and annotating selected omoros.


The Language of the Old-Okinawan Omoro Sōshi

The Language of the Old-Okinawan Omoro Sōshi

Author: Leon Angelo Serafim

Publisher: Languages of Asia

Published: 2021-03-04

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 9789004414693

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The Omoro Sōshi(1531-1623) is an indispensable resource for historical linguistic comparison of Old Okinawan with other Ryukyuan languages and Old Japanese. Leon A Serafim and Rumiko Shinzato offer a reference grammar, including detailed phonological analyses, of the otherwise opaque and dense poetic/religious language of the Omoro Sōshi.Meshing Western linguistic insight with existing literary/linguistic work in Ryukyuan studies, and incorporating their own research on Modern Okinawan, the authors offer a grammar and phonology of the Omoro language, with selected (excerpts of) songs grammatically analyzed, phonologically reconstructed, translated, and annotated.


Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia

Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia

Author: Jan van Bremen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 1136105867

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For a time it was almost a cliche to say that anthropology was a handmaiden of colonialism - by which was usually meant 'Western' colonialism. And this insinuation was assumed to somehow weaken the theoretical claims of anthropology and its fieldwork achievements. What this collection demonstrates is that colonialism was not only a Western phenomenon, but 'Eastern' as well. And that Japanese or Chinese anthropologists were also engaged in studying subject peoples. But wherever they were and whoever they were anthropologists always had a complex and problematic relationship with the colonial state. The latter saw some anthropologists' sympathy for 'the natives' as a threat, while on the other hand anthropological knowledge was used for the training of colonial officials. The impact of the colonial situation on the formation of anthropological theories is an important if not easily answered question, and the comparison of experiences in Asia offered in this book further helps to illuminate this complex relationship.


Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia and Oceania

Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia and Oceania

Author: Akitoshi Shimizu

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 0700706046

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This study demonstrates that colonialism was not only a western phenomenon; Japanese and Chinese anthropologists also studied subject peoples. Comparison of experiences further helps to illuminate this complex relationship.


The Challenges of Island Studies

The Challenges of Island Studies

Author: Ayano Ginoza

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-11-23

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9811562881

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This book places islanders’ struggles and knowledge at the forefront of island studies. Written by experts from diverse fields and locations, it covers a wide range of topics, from the history of island studies to critical ocean studies. In remapping the field of island studies from Okinawa, an emerging hub of community-based knowledge and interdisciplinary collaboration between leading critics and theorists in geography, linguistics, tourism, literature, international relations, and peace studies reveals the challenges for the future of island studies. The book consists of two parts: the first offers a collection of individual contributions that demonstrate the vital role that the field’s interdisciplinarity can play in creating bridges between the political and social issues islanders and the islands face and the disciplines involved. The second part provides a cross-disciplinary discussion between the authors and scholars of island studies in Okinawa, including local experts, and suggests new ways to think about the future of island studies that are intricately linked to islanders’ agency, preservation of languages and heritage, and the security of the islands. As such, the book directly addresses the current state of the field as well as with its future.


Ryukyu Kingdom and Province Before 1945

Ryukyu Kingdom and Province Before 1945

Author: George H 1911- Kerr

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781013901850

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Geographies of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Japan

Geographies of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Japan

Author: David L. Howell

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2005-02-07

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0520240855

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"One of the most important contributions of this book is its compelling portrait of the various itinerants within, and often without, early-modern Japan's status system. Even though the topic is a rather serious one, Howell reveals a refreshing sense of humor and an original approach. This is a pleasure to read."—Brett L. Walker, author of The Conquest of Ainu Lands "David Howell's immersion in contemporary Japanese scholarship is evident on every page of this masterful book. A probing work of great erudition."—Kären Wigen, author of The Making of a Japanese Periphery