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Women In Post-War Japan: Bodies Of The Avant Garde, Cassidy P. Boulanger Jan 2022

Women In Post-War Japan: Bodies Of The Avant Garde, Cassidy P. Boulanger

Honors Undergraduate Theses

From 1945 onward, post-war artists in Japan encountered two interrelated challenges: to both adjust to the war’s aftermath, and also to create a new visual language which expressed new ideas and emotions. For women artists in Japan, this time of distinct culture change allowed for a re-defining of their role in the art community as well as society. However, there were strict boundaries surrounding the institutional and academic realm of art, one that was not inviting to women, or one that allowed opportunity or growth. Nevertheless, many women artists sought to explore gender roles, the idea of womanhood, sexuality, and …


Shift Or Stagnation:: Analyzing Changing Japanese Attitudes Towards Various Minorities, Aïcha M. Camara Jan 2022

Shift Or Stagnation:: Analyzing Changing Japanese Attitudes Towards Various Minorities, Aïcha M. Camara

Honors Undergraduate Theses

As nations economically prosper, do future generations undergo a steady shift in values? This thesis seeks to analyze the Post-World War II intergenerational shift in Japanese attitudes toward Japanese women and the LGBT, multiethnic, and indigenous communities. Centered around Ronald Inglehart's "Materialist" and "Post-Materialist" theories, this research seeks to contribute to current literature surrounding the development of contemporary Japanese values. Inglehart's "Materialist" theory consists of the idea that individuals pursued various goals in hierarchical order with their base necessities such as sustenance and safety gaining priority. After their base necessities are satisfied, Inglehart believed that people's values shifted, emphasizing belonging, …


Peace Development In East Asia: China, Japan, And South Korea, Yihui Tang Jan 2018

Peace Development In East Asia: China, Japan, And South Korea, Yihui Tang

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This thesis intends to explore the peacebuilding process in East Asia. It mainly examines the politics, cultures, and economies of China, Japan, and South Korea, along with the on-going issues between South Korea and North Korea. To be able to establish a stable and prosperous society in East Asia, these three countries play a major role, and they can create greater cooperation within the region and on the international level. Peacebuilding process highly depends on politic, culture, and economy of these three countries. Confidence Building Measures (CBM) and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes (PSD) are the excellent strategies for achieving peace …


Foreign Influences On Contemporary Japanese Remilitarization: The United States, North Korea, And China, Allison Lee Jan 2017

Foreign Influences On Contemporary Japanese Remilitarization: The United States, North Korea, And China, Allison Lee

Honors Undergraduate Theses

After surrendering in World War II, Japan's new American-crafted constitution forced the formerly imperialistic country into pacifism. In accordance with Article 9 of the constitution, Japan was to be completely demilitarized and was therefore barred from keeping a standing military of its own. Over the course of the seven decades that have passed since the implementation of Supreme Commander MacArthur’s nonviolent constitution, Japan has slowly regained military strength. Rather than being the direct result of domestic politics and civic wishes, however, the rearmament of Japan has come as a result of foreign influences. Namely, the United States, North Korea, and …


The Politics Of Mental Health: A Comparative Study Of Policy Adoption And Implementation In Germany And Japan, Luis Diego Campos Jan 2016

The Politics Of Mental Health: A Comparative Study Of Policy Adoption And Implementation In Germany And Japan, Luis Diego Campos

Honors Undergraduate Theses

In the aftermath of World War II, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan followed Germany’s blueprint in fashioning a universal health coverage system. Comparisons to Germany’s welfare state during this same time period reveal markedly different social and mental health policy practices, as Germany’s Christian Democratic Union and Social Democratic Party cooperated toward progressive policies while the Liberal Democratic Party largely neglected social welfare expansion. The effect of these practices is reflected in budgetary provisions, institutionalization practices, and mental health epidemiology. This research finds that a favorable economic climate allowed the Liberal Democratic Party to politically isolate the Social Democratic …


United States Export Policy Of Fighter Jets To East Asia, Andrew Derewiany Jan 2013

United States Export Policy Of Fighter Jets To East Asia, Andrew Derewiany

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

What explains fighter jet export policy to East Asia? The decision to export fighter jets from the United States (U.S.) to foreign countries is an important part of domestic and foreign policy. James Rosenau’s theory of linkage politics suggests that domestic and international variables may work together in complex ways to develop U.S. export policy of fighter jets. This thesis uses a comparative case study approach to examine the domestic and international factors that are influential in determining U.S. export policy of fighter jets to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The political actors involved in making U.S. fighter jet export …


Imperial Japan's Human Experiments Before And During World War Two, Alan Vanderbrook Jan 2013

Imperial Japan's Human Experiments Before And During World War Two, Alan Vanderbrook

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

After Japan occupied Manchuria in 1931, Ishii Shiro created Unit 731 and began testing biological weapons on unwilling human test subjects. The history of Imperial Japan’s human experiments was one in which Ishii and Unit 731 was the principal actor, but Unit 731 operated in a much larger context. The network in which 731 operated consisted of Unit 731 and all its sub-units, nearly every major Japanese university, as well as many people in Japan’s scientific and medical community, military hospitals, military and civilian laboratories, and the Japanese military as a whole. Japan’s racist ultra-nationalist movement heavily influenced these institutions …


Please Don't Interrupt Me While I'M Ignoring You, Sherard Harrington Jan 2012

Please Don't Interrupt Me While I'M Ignoring You, Sherard Harrington

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A collection of short stories and personal essays, Please Don’t Interrupt Me While I’m Ignoring You weaves a lamé of humor and private desperation on the page. An actor in one story craves career gratification, while a United Nations coordinator in another finds herself attracted to a nervous NGO. A housewife attempts to convince her husband to commit an infidelity, while an architect finds that his new pet companion isn’t helping him to get over his ex-girlfriend. Having a difficult time relating, these characters often find themselves stuck in a miscommunication loop, and their journey to get what they want …


Designing For A Japanese High-Context Culture: Culture's Influence On The Technical Writer's Visual Rhetoric, Russell Carpenter Jan 2005

Designing For A Japanese High-Context Culture: Culture's Influence On The Technical Writer's Visual Rhetoric, Russell Carpenter

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis analyzes the challenges technical writers face when designing documents for high-context cultures, such as the Japanese. When developing documents intended to cross cultural gulfs, technical writers must take into consideration cultural expectations, preferences, and practices in document design and communication. High-context cultures, such as Japan, design documents using drastically different design strategies than those used in the United States. Japanese communication habits are more ambiguous than communication in the United States. Thus, the Japanese often use visuals for their aesthetic appeal, not for their ability to complement the text that surrounds the visual. The ambiguous nature of high-context …


Land Use Framework And Concept For A Luxury Waterfront Hotel On Central Pier, Hakata Bay, Fukuoka City, Harrison Price Company, David A. Price Associates Sep 1991

Land Use Framework And Concept For A Luxury Waterfront Hotel On Central Pier, Hakata Bay, Fukuoka City, Harrison Price Company, David A. Price Associates

Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers

This report presents a concept for the development of a luxury 425 room hotel in Fukuoka City to be located on filled ground at the Central Pier on Hakata Bay. The total site assembled for the development is 1.7 hectares. Report includes the following sections: 1) Introduction, 2) Land use framework, 3) Concept description for the development components, 4) Program detail for public area facilities, 5) Program detail for hotel support and service areas, 6) Space allocation for the project components.


Oita Sunrise City Resort Community Land Use Concept And Management Strategy, Harrison Price Company, Intra, David A. Price Associates, Sumitomo Corporation Nov 1990

Oita Sunrise City Resort Community Land Use Concept And Management Strategy, Harrison Price Company, Intra, David A. Price Associates, Sumitomo Corporation

Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers

The client’s objective is to develop an urban resort concept containing residences, a spa, hotel, marina, and village components on the Oita Prefecture. This final report contains eight sections: 1) introduction, 2) market overview, 3) site analysis, 4) preliminary development program, 5) selected scenario for development, 6) concept plan showing interrelationship of all project elements and development phasing, 7) written documentation of the rationale behind the development concept and a related strategy for managing the properties, 8) final position on phasing and economic projections, including a cash flow model of the project over 10 years.


Charrette Summary: Concept And Development Potentials For A Waterfront Center At Kishiwada Port City, Harrison Price Company Aug 1990

Charrette Summary: Concept And Development Potentials For A Waterfront Center At Kishiwada Port City, Harrison Price Company

Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers

To facilitate and stimulate the process of development planning of Kishiwada City, management of Fukunan Kaihatsu Company authorized a charrette conference in which company management and an outside group of planning professionals addressed the question of an appropriate concept for development on this site. This report endeavors to summarize the findings of the charrette and its preparatory work. Sections of the report include: 1) introduction, 2) site conditions 3) market orientation, 4) recommended land use, and 5) site planning. The proposed long-term redevelopment of Kishiwada City includes residential, hotel, and visitor attraction elements.


Theme And Concept Master Plan For The Soniya Hills Resort, Sonia Village, Nara Prefecture, Harrison Price Company, David A. Price Associates Jun 1990

Theme And Concept Master Plan For The Soniya Hills Resort, Sonia Village, Nara Prefecture, Harrison Price Company, David A. Price Associates

Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers

Fukunan Kaihatsu Company acquired a picturesque mountain site near Soniya Village in Nara Prefecture and proposes to develop an important new resort complex. Harrison Price Company was retained to develop concept recommendations appropriate for this site, its supporting market, and client. This report is organized in four sections: 1) introduction, 2) economic and physical geography and demographics of the site, 3) site planning judgements of the project team developed under the leadership of Adam Krivatsy and the proposed development program, 4) presents the schematic illustrated expression and thematic orientation of the project prepared by David A. Price Associates.


Inside Japan., Far East Reporter Jan 1954

Inside Japan., Far East Reporter

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

No abstract provided.


Shadow Over Asia: The Rise Of Militant Japan, Thomas Arthur Bisson Jan 1941

Shadow Over Asia: The Rise Of Militant Japan, Thomas Arthur Bisson

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

No abstract provided.


America's Share In Japan's War Guilt, American Committee For Non Participation In Japanese Aggression Jan 1938

America's Share In Japan's War Guilt, American Committee For Non Participation In Japanese Aggression

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

No abstract provided.


The Russian Empire And The Soviet Union In The Far East, Victor A. Yakhontoff Jan 1936

The Russian Empire And The Soviet Union In The Far East, Victor A. Yakhontoff

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

No abstract provided.


The Far East Ablaze, G. Safarov Jan 1935

The Far East Ablaze, G. Safarov

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

No abstract provided.


Japan's Drive For Conquest, Grace Hutchins Jan 1935

Japan's Drive For Conquest, Grace Hutchins

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

No abstract provided.


Revolutionary Struggle Of The Toiling Masses Of Japan: Speech, Sanzo Nosaka Jan 1934

Revolutionary Struggle Of The Toiling Masses Of Japan: Speech, Sanzo Nosaka

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

No abstract provided.


Japanese Imperialism Stripped: The Secret Memorandum Of Tanaka, Premier Of Japan, Giichi Tanaka Jan 1933

Japanese Imperialism Stripped: The Secret Memorandum Of Tanaka, Premier Of Japan, Giichi Tanaka

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

No abstract provided.