Asian Extreme As Cult Cinema: the Transnational Appeal of Excess and Otherness Jessica Anne Hughes BA English and Film Studies
Asian Extreme as Cult Cinema: The Transnational Appeal of Excess and Otherness Jessica Anne Hughes BA English and Film Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University MA Film Studies, University of British Columbia A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Queensland in 2016 School of Communications and Arts Hughes 2 Abstract This thesis investigates the way Western audiences respond to portrayals of excess and otherness in Japanese Extreme cinema. It explores the way a recent (2006-2016) cycle of Japanese Splatter (J-Splatter) films, including The Machine Girl (Noboru Iguchi, 2008) and Tokyo Gore Police (Yoshihiro Nishimura, 2008), have been positioned as cult due to their over-the-top representations of violence and stereotypes of Japanese culture. Phenomenological research and personal interviews interrogate Western encounters with J-Splatter films at niche film festivals and on DVD and various online platforms through independent distributors. I argue that these films are marketed to particular Western cult audiences using vocabulary and images that highlight the exotic nature of globally recognised Japanese cultural symbols such as schoolgirls and geisha. This thesis analyses J-Splatter’s transnational, cosmopolitan appeal using an approach informed by the work of Ernest Mathijs and Jamie Sexton, Matt Hills, Henry Jenkins, and Iain Robert Smith, who read the relationship between Western audiences and international cult cinema as positive and meaningful cultural interactions, demonstrating a desire to engage in more global experiences. The chapters in this thesis use textual analysis of J-Splatter films and case studies of North American and Australian film festivals and distribution companies, which include interviews with festival directors and distributors, to analyse the nature of the appeal of J- Splatter to Western audiences.
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The Transformation of a Recent Japanese New Religion Okawa Ryuho and Kofuku No Kagaku
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 1995 22/3-4 The Transformation of a Recent Japanese New Religion Okawa Ryuho and Kofuku no Kagaku Trevor A s t l e y Over the last five years Kofuku no Kagaku has been one of the most promi nent among the newer Japanese religious movements. Its leader, Okawa Ryuho, proclaims himself to be the rebirth of the Buddha, citing as proof the astonishing number of books he has written. This paper traces the orga nizational development of Kofuku no Kagaku, the evolution of its teach ings, and its shift to active involvement in sociopolitical issues. The year 1991 saw the sudden rise to prominence of a hitherto obscure new religious group known as Kofuku no Kagaku 辛福の科学 (lit.,“the science of happiness,,,but also known in English as “The Institute for Research in Human Happiness” [IRH]).1 Founded m October 1986 by Okawa Ryuho 大川隆法,a self-proclaimed reincarna tion of the Buddha, Kofuku no Kagaku reported a phenomenal increase in membership, saw enormous sales of its publications, and enjoyed extensive media coverage or its activities. At the same time, however, it beean attracting increasingly harsh criticism from scholars, the popular press, and other religious groups. Such controversy (hardly unusual for such a rapidly expanding New Religion), coupled with the polemical views and distinctive oratory style of the leader, insured that few people in Japan remained ignorant of the group. Kofuku no Kagaku has remained in the news, most recently because or its fierce criticism of Asahara Shoko and Aum ^hmnkyo, * The author expresses his appreciation and thanks to Kofuku no K agaku, who made it possible to write the present article through their generous and open support.
Program May 14 (Thursday) Presidential Lecturepresidential
Plenary Program May 14 (Thursday) Presidential Lecture 16:20-17:05 Plenary Lecture 01 Room: National Convention Hall Chairperson: Teruo Kawada (Kyoto University, Japan) PL01 Leptin and the Regulation of Food Intake and Body Weight Jeffrey M. Friedman Rockefeller University, USA Educational 17:05-17:50 Plenary Lecture 02 Room: National Convention Hall Chairperson: Tohru Fushiki (Ryukoku University, Japan) PL02 Functional Food Science in Japan: Present State and Perspectives Keiko Abe Symposium The University of Tokyo, Japan, the Kanagawa Academy of Science & Technology (KAST), Japan May 15 (Friday) 9:00-9:45 Plenary Lecture 03 Room: Main Hall at Conference Center (Satellite Viewing is available in Room 301-304) Sponsored Symposium Chairperson: Chizuru Nishida (World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland) PL03 The Present Role of Industrial Food Processing in Food Systems and Its Implications for Controlling the Obesity Pandemic Carlos A. Monteiro University of São Paulo, Brazil May 16 (Saturday) Luncheon 9:00-9:45 Plenary Lecture 04 Room: Main Hall at Conference Center (Satellite Viewing is available in Room 301-304) Chairperson: Pek-Yee Chow (Federation of Asian Nutrition Societies, Singapore Nutrition and Dietetics Association (SNDA), Singapore) PL04 Multi-Stakeholders and Multi-Strategic Approaches for Food and Nutrition Security Evening Kraisid Tontisirin Mahidol University, Thailand May 17 (Sunday) FANS Report FANS 9:00-9:45 Plenary Lecture 05 Room: Main Hall at Conference Center (Satellite Viewing is available in Room 301-304) Chairperson:
Name: Class: I Have a Dream By Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He worked to end racial discrimination against African Americans throughout his life. King delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech to over 250,000 people from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In this speech, King discusses racial inequality in America and his hopes for African Americans’ civil rights. As you read, take note of how King uses figurative language and how it contributes to the development of the central ideas of his speech. [1] I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today,1 signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But 100 years later, the Negro still is not free. One "Martin Luther King Jr. I Have a Dream Speech" by National hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still Archives is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. sadly crippled2 by the manacles3 of segregation and the chains of discrimination.
Usage of Funerary Symbols in Masuji Ibuse's Black Rain
USAGE OF FUNERARY SYMBOLS IN MASUJI IBUSE’S BLACK RAIN AND KENZABURO OE’S THE SILENT CRY NDERITU JAMES MAINA C50/CE/14396/2009 A RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN LITERATURE OF KENYATTA UNIVERSITY, 2017. April 2017 DECLARATION I declare that this project is my own original work and that it has not been presented for a degree or any other award in any other university. _____________________________ Date _________________ Nderitu James Maina C50/CE/14396/2009 This research project was submitted for examination with our approval as University Supervisors: _______________________________ Date ____________________ Dr. J.K.S Makokha Literature Department Kenyatta University ______________________________ Date ____________________ Dr. John Mugubi Department of Theatre Arts and Film Technology Kenyatta University ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research work was largely enabled through the unwavering guidance and counsel of my beloved supervisors, Dr. J.K.S. Makokha and Dr. John Mugubi. I will forever remain indebted to you for the time you took off your busy schedules to go through my work and guide me accordingly. Special tribute goes to all the lecturers who took their time to teach my colleagues and I during the entire period of this masters programme; Dr. Mbugua wa Mungai, Dr. Wallace Mbugua, Dr. Kisa Amateshe and Dr. Oyoo Weche, among others. I wish to extend my acknowledgements to all my lecturers at Makerere University for inspiring me to pursue even higher levels of education. These are; Mr. James Taabu Mbusimba (JTB), Dr.
Title Eiki Matayoshi's Pig's Revenge: the Dismemberment of A
Eiki Matayoshi's Pig's Revenge: The Dismemberment of a Title Community Author(s) Hamagawa, Hitoshi 沖縄キリスト教学院大学論集 = Okinawa Christian Citation University Review(2): 69-81 Issue Date 2006-01-31 URL http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12001/9513 Rights 沖縄キリスト教学院大学 Okinawa Christian University Review No.2 (2005) Eiki Matayoshi's Pig's Revenge: The Dismemberment of a Community Hitoshi Hamagawa ABSTRACT This paper examines Eiki Matayoshi's Pig's Revenge (Buta no Mukui) —the 1996 winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize —in an attempt to uncover a form of Orientalism by Okinawans against their fellow Okinawans. It argues that during the process of modernization, local communities throughout Okinawa experienced a series of transformations within which intellectuals have come to harbor ambivalent opinions about their home islands and cultures. Such ambivalent feelings charac terize the attitude of the protagonist, Shokichi, towards the three food-devouring female characters who represent the backwardness and the provincial elements of Okinawa. This paper demonstrates how Matayoshi's Pigs Revenge presents Okinawa as a political and cultural "other" in relation to Japan. Readers sense in the person of Shokichi the same kind of sorrow and loneliness as held by the Okinawan intellectual elite —victims of discursive self-exclusion, who, born and raised in Okinawa, were nevertheless forced to adopt foreign perspectives through which to "discover," ironically, what had always been theirs to begin with. Introduction mixing their admiration with a hint of conde When The Okinawa Program was first scension. published in 2001 with its ambitious subtitle: In Okinawa Ryori no Chikara (Power of How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve Okinawan Cuisine), Asako Kishi also describes Everlasting Health—and How You Can Too, the traditional ways of living on Okinawa under traditional culinary culture of Okinawa enjoyed the same favorable light.
Identity and Exile the Iranian Diaspora Between Solidarity and Difference
VOLUME 40 Identity and Exile Th e Iranian Diaspora between Solidarity and Diff erence Edited by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in co-operation with Transparency for Iran ̕IDENTITY AND EXILE PUBLICATION SERIES ON DEMOCRACY VOLUME 40 Identity and Exile The Iranian Diaspora between Solidarity and Difference Edited by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in co-operation with Transparency for Iran Idea and editing: Resa Mohabbat-Kar Published under the following Creative Commons License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 . Attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Noncommercial – You may not use this work for commercial purposes. No derivatives – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. Identity and Exile The Iranian Diaspora between Solidarity and Difference Volume 40 of the Publication Series on Democracy Edited by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in co-operation with Transparency for Iran Idea and editing: Resa Mohabbat-Kar Translations: Bernd Herrmann Design: feinkost Designnetzwerk, Constantin Mawrodiew (derivation design by State Design) Cover: Marjolein Katsma – Flickr (cc by-sa 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) This publication can be downloaded here: www.boell.de Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Schumannstraße 8, 10117 Berlin CONTENTS Preface 7 Introduction 9 Amy Malek Displaced, Re-rooted, Transnational Considerations in Theory and Practice
Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness
BBBEEEYYYOOONNNDDD TTTHHHEEERRRAAAPPPYYY BEYOND THERAPY BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS A Report of The President’s Council on Bioethics Washington, D.C. October 2003 www.bioethics.gov v CONTENTS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO THE PRESIDENT xi MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL ON BIOETHICS xv COUNCIL STAFF AND CONSULTANTS xvii PREFACE xix 1 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS 1 I. THE GOLDEN AGE: ENTHUSIASM AND CONCERN 4 II. THE CASE FOR PUBLIC ATTENTION 7 III. DEFINING THE TOPIC 10 IV. ENDS AND MEANS 11 V. THE LIMITATIONS OF THE “THERAPY VS. ENHANCEMENT” DISTINCTION 13 VI. BEYOND NATURAL LIMITS: DREAMS OF PERFECTION AND HAPPINESS 16 VII. STRUCTURE OF THE INQUIRY: THE PRIMACY OF HUMAN ASPIRATIONS 20 VIII. METHOD AND SPIRIT 21 ENDNOTES 24 2 BETTER CHILDREN 25 I. IMPROVING NATIVE POWERS: GENETIC KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY 28 A. AN OVERVIEW 28 B. TECHNICAL POSSIBILITIES 30 1. Prenatal Diagnosis and Screening Out. 32 2. Genetic Engineering of Desired Traits (“Fixing Up”). 35 3. Selecting Embryos for Desired Traits (“Choosing In”). 38 C. ETHICAL ANALYSIS 42 1. Benefits. 44 vi CONTENTS 2. Questions of Safety. 45 3. Questions of Equality. 49 4. Consequences for Families and Society. 51 II. CHOOSING SEX OF CHILDREN 55 A. ENDS AND MEANS 57 B. PRELIMINARY ETHICAL ANALYSIS 59 C. THE LIMITS OF LIBERTY 64 D. THE MEANING OF SEXUALITY AND PROCREATION 66 III. IMPROVING CHILDREN’S BEHAVIOR: PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS 69 A. BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION IN CHILDREN USING STIMULANTS 72 1. What Are Stimulant Drugs? 75 2. Behaviors Inviting Improvement through Stimulant Drugs. 77 3. The “Universal Enhancer.” 81 B.
The Complications of Philosophy: Fortune, Happiness, Evil, and Free Will in Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy
Western Oregon University Digital Commons@WOU Honors Senior Theses/Projects Student Scholarship 6-1-2010 The Complications of Philosophy: Fortune, Happiness, Evil, and Free Will in Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy Allison Glasscock Western Oregon University, allison.glasscock@yale.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wou.edu/honors_theses Part of the Philosophy Commons Recommended Citation Glasscock, Allison, "The Complications of Philosophy: Fortune, Happiness, Evil, and Free Will in Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy" (2010). Honors Senior Theses/Projects. 40. https://digitalcommons.wou.edu/honors_theses/40 This Undergraduate Honors Thesis/Project is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Scholarship at Digital Commons@WOU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Senior Theses/Projects by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@WOU. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@wou.edu, kundas@mail.wou.edu, bakersc@mail.wou.edu. The Complications of Philosophy: Fortune, Happiness, Evil, and Free Will in Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy By Allison H. Glasscock An Honors Thesis Presented to the Honors Committee of Western Oregon University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Graduation from the Honors Program _____________________________________________ Dr. Ryan Hickerson, Thesis Advisor _____________________________________________ Dr. Gavin Keulks, Honors Program Director Western Oregon University June, 2010 For Ryan, who asked me to explain it all to him 2 Contents Introduction 4 1. Consolatory Goals 15 2. True Happiness and Fortune 20 3. True Happiness and False Goods 34 4. A Literary Interlude 44 5. A Philosophical “Digression” 52 Postscript: Consolation and Satisfaction 66 Bibliography 68 3 Introduction Boethius and his Consolation The Consolation of Philosophy was written while its author, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c.