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The Colonized Masculinity And Cultural Politics Of Seediq Bale, Chin-Ju Lin

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article, “The Colonized Masculinity and Cultural Politics of Seediq Bale,” Chin-ju Lin discusses a Taiwanese blockbuster movie, a postcolonial historiography and a form of life-writing, which delineates the last Indigenous insurrection against Japanese colonialism. This article explores the cultural representations in Seediq Bale. Fighting back as a colonized man for pride and dignity is portrayed as means to restore their masculine identity. The headhunting tradition is remembered, romanticized, praised highly as heroic and even strengthened in an inaccurate way to promote individualistic masculinity and to forge a new national identity in postcolonial Taiwan. Nevertheless, the stereotypical …

Asian America And Empathy: Understanding The Chinese American Experience Through The Art Of Flo Oy Wong, Brienne Wong

Master's Projects and Capstones

This capstone examines how the work of Chinese American artist Flo Oy Wong could be an impetus for dialogue for creating empathy for the Asian American experience. The capstone briefly discusses Chinese American history as the Chinese are one of the earliest immigrant groups to the United States and Asian American art history which demonstrates the role of art for Asian Americans. It also describes the importance of empathy in society and how some museums today are trying to apply empathy to serve their communities. Within this framework, I discuss artist Flo Oy Wong whose ability to tell stories about …

An Exploratory Study Of Acculturation Experiences Of Graduate Student Immigrants At The University Of San Francisco, Courtney Lamar

Master's Theses

This study explores the shared challenges during the acculturation process of graduate student immigrants pursuing higher education in the United States. 13 graduate student immigrants at the University of San Francisco discuss their experiences of cultural adjustment into U.S. culture. Through qualitative interviews and thematic analysis, this study seeks to understand the acculturation experiences of graduate student immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States. This analysis is based on the individual-level experience examining attitudes and acculturation strategies in the dominant society. Analysis, possibly policy implication for institutions of higher education, and possible directions for future research …

Four Poems From The Divine Way Station By Shaojun Li, Shelley Kristina Hu

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Translated from Chinese by Shelley Kristina Hu:

• At Dusk
• The Divine Way Station
• Confession
• Green Jade

Four Poems By Yu Xiuhua, Xinlu Yan

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Translated from Chinese by Xinlu Yan:

• My Dog, Little Wu
• I Crossed Half of China to Lay You
• An Evening in Early Winter
• I Please This world With Pains

Four Poems In Diverse Styles By Natsume Sōseki, Erik R. Lofgren

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Translated from Japanese by Erik Lofgren.

Four Poems By Yoshiko Hanabusa, Rina Kikuchi

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Translated from Japanese by Rina Kikuchi:

• The State of My Day
• Fallen Blossom
• Over the Winter Mountains
• The Battle of Sparrows

Three Inscriptions For Paintings By Yao Nai, Andrew Gudgel

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Translated from Chinese by Andrew Gudgel.

Four Poems From Thorny Roses By Ichinohe Kenzō, Joshua Solomon

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Translated from Japanese by Joshua Solomon:

• Thorny Roses
• Sand Pear Petals
• Rice Fish
• Early Spring

Author acknowledges Ito Yumiko of Tsugaru Shobo for securing translation and publication rights.

Four Poems From To Young Utari By Yaeko Batchelor, Laurel Taylor

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Translated from Ainu and Japanese by Laurel Taylor:

• Wild stag...
• Had I even...
• Raised on...
• My utari...

Four Poems By Yang Chia-Hsien, Tina Z. Shan

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Translated from Chinese by Tina Z. Shan:

• Waltzing Violence
• The Drill
• Breakfast on Pluto
• The Keepsake

Transference Vol. 6, Fall 2018

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Complete issue with covers of Transference Vol. 6, Fall 2018

Alegal [Table Of Contents], Annmaria M. Shimabuku

International Affairs

Suspended in a state of exception, Okinawa has never been an official colony of the Japanese empire or the United States, nor has it ever been treated as an equal part of Japan. As a result, Okinawans live amid one of the densest concentrations of U.S. military bases in the world. By bringing Foucauldian biopolitics into conversation with Japanese Marxian theory, Alegal uncovers Japan’s determination to protect its middle class from the racialized sexual contact around its mainland bases by displacing them onto Okinawa, while simultaneously upholding Okinawa as a symbol of the infringement of Japanese sovereignty.

Through close readings …

諧聲假借的原則及複雜性, Fuhai Zhang

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

諧聲假借是利用語音的相同或相近關係來造字和使用文字。諧聲偏旁的讀音必定與整字的讀音相同或相近，某字所假借表示的詞的語音必定與其本來的讀音相同或相近。音近有一定的原則：聲母方面，如同部位的塞音，同部位的鼻流音；韻母方面，如韻相同，開合相同。但不合一般原則的諧聲假借亦不乏其例，尤其是在以戰國竹簡爲代表的出土古文字資料中，諧聲假借的語音關係表現複雜，需要加以歸納和解釋。而傳統的“一聲之轉”説帶有極大的任意性，必須摒棄。

新見《壽「四每」尊》銘文所見「卜馬」字試釋, Pui Ling Tang

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

香港翰海秋季拍賣會公佈新見《壽「四每」尊》乙器，年代屬於西周早期至中期之間。銘文記有“睗（錫）「卜馬」馬卅匹”一語，當中，「卜馬」字从“卜”从“馬”，乃金文首見，拍賣圖録讀爲“駙”。本文結合傳世文獻所見“馼”、“駇”二字的討論，提出尊銘「卜馬」字當讀爲“駁”，“睗（錫）「卜馬」馬卅匹”意指賞賜雜色馬三十匹。此外，本文復通過先秦用馬制度中“毛馬而頒之”與“物馬而頒之”的記述，指出《壽「四每」尊》所記賜馬數量較多，或因雜色馬無法用於禮儀活動，故其用途可以理解爲軍旅出征或家居代步。

説甲骨文的「豕凶十」和「奚戌」字, Qingyu Du

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

甲骨文中的「豕凶十」和「奚戌」字都比較常見，但它們的字形該如何分析，學界尚無統一意見。本文通過相關字形的分析對比，並結合辭例及文獻進行考察，認爲「豕凶十」爲「冡」字初文，「奚戌」爲「髡」字初文。

戰國楚竹書《容成氏》校讀, Zhi-Peng Lin

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

《上海博物館藏戰國楚竹書》第2册有《容成氏》一篇，存簡五十餘枚，内容涉及夏商周三代興亡及其前的古史傳説，所記頗能補傳世文獻之闕。從2002年刊布以來，已有多部專書及數百篇論文針對此篇竹書的簡序編聯、疑難字詞及思想内涵作深入的探討。近年孫飛燕、單育辰搜集相關論著，分别編有集釋，筆者在其整理的基礎上，重新校讀全篇竹書。除了廣引時賢意見，加以論斷、補充新説外，筆者對於簡文中的難解詞語，如“歭板正立”、“方爲三俈”、“民乃宜怨”等，亦提出自己的看法。

新出曾伯「雨桼」壺銘的“元屖”與舊著録銅器銘文中相關詞語考釋, Pei Shen

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

2017年1月16、17日，湖北省文物考古研究所發表湖北京山蘇家壟遺址出土的曾伯雨桼壺銘文照片，並對銘文大部分内容作了解釋。有學者很快就發表了研究文章。本文隨即對前述相關研究做了檢討，重新隸寫釋文，並作相關注釋，重點將其中“孔武元屖”與舊著録曾伯「雨桼」簠相應的“元武孔黹”進行對比，確定“孔黹”當讀爲“孔夷”。由此，文章又對其他銘文中難解的“黹”字及相關語詞進行了重新解釋。此外，文章還順便討論了樂器銘文中常見的“元鳴孔皇”的語法結構問題。

試論早期“中國”觀念的形成, Gang Xu

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

西周初年，“中國”的概念逐漸固定在洛陽，這是武王、周公的戰略設計。在周民族進入中國歷史之前，洛陽一直是個邊緣地帶，並不是政治與文化的中心。西周以前，華夏族的政治經濟中心是九州中的冀州地區。把洛陽作爲天下之中，除了地理的因素之外，更重要的是宗教、軍事、資源上的考慮。“中國”是一個宗教性的概念，是一種精神的象徵。

司馬遷與《過秦》篇, Kanli Chen

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

司馬遷編著《史記》，全文引述賈誼《過秦》篇，有含而未申之義。參考北大漢簡《趙正書》等出土文獻，可知《過秦》所述史事别有所據，與《史記》多有牴牾。司馬遷對這些牴牾之處未加删削，也不像對待一般作品那樣將《過秦》篇置入作者的列傳，而是收録在抒發己見的“太史公曰”中，有意假借賈誼的文字，寫出對武帝晚年政局的批評和重蹈亡秦覆轍的憂慮。這樣的表達方式，受到《詩》《書》《春秋》等古代經典的影響，切合當時的歷史情境，更與司馬遷本人的遭遇和心態緊密聯繫，體現了《史記》寫作中個人化的一面。