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Coulter-Pultz, Jude.

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Exploring narratives in Ainu history through analysis of bear carvings.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Exploring narratives in Ainu history through analysis of bear carvings./
作者:	Coulter-Pultz, Jude.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2016,
面頁冊數:	127 p.
附註:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 55-05.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International55-05(E).
標題:	Asian studies. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10119500
ISBN:	9781339807348

Exploring narratives in Ainu history through analysis of bear carvings.
Coulter-Pultz, Jude.

Exploring narratives in Ainu history through analysis of bear carvings. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 127 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 55-05.

Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2016.

The dominant narrative mode in Ainu studies today stresses an activist agenda that, although worthwhile, limits the potential for new research in the field. In this thesis, I analyze historical accounts of the development of Ainu bear carvings as a case study of the characteristics of the dominant activist mode and present an alternate narrative in order to demonstrate the need for a variety of approaches to Ainu research.

ISBN: 9781339807348Subjects--Topical Terms:

1571829
Asian studies.

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520 $a The activist narrative mode is structured to engender sympathy for Ainu people and respect for their cultural heritage. Activist accounts of Ainu bear carvings often claim that the carvers were pressured by the Japanese tourist industry to violate religious taboos against producing realistic depictions of bears. In this way, the carvings serve as a symbol of oppression of Ainu people under Japanese imperialism. At the same time, activist scholars state that the Ainu bear carvings followed a linear progression from tourist souvenirs to respected works of "fine art." Thus, the carvings also reinforce optimistic projections regarding the future status of Ainu culture and socioeconomic condition.
520 $a My alternate narrative focuses on the complexities and ambiguities in the field and avoids judging events in moral or sympathetic terms. I explore a broad range of contextual issues, tracing the regional production of wooden bears from the paleolithic ancestors of Ainu people, examining the role of bears and woodcarving in Ainu culture, analyzing Ainu interactions with Japan, Russia, and other neighboring empires, and investigating the commodification of bear carvings as tourist souvenirs.
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