Susan U. Philips
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195324983
- eISBN:
- 9780199869398
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195324983.003.0009
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Sociolinguistics / Anthropological Linguistics
Language ideology about Tongan lexical honorifics, or lea faka 'eiki, “chiefly language”, has changed over the past 200 years. The number of levels of honorification described, and some of the ...
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Language ideology about Tongan lexical honorifics, or lea faka 'eiki, “chiefly language”, has changed over the past 200 years. The number of levels of honorification described, and some of the specific lexical items associated with each level, have remained stable. However, under the impact of British colonization through Methodist missionization, the conceptualization of who is indexed by the use of honorifics has changed significantly. Most notably, the Tui'i Tonga, who was both a sacred and a secular leader, has been replaced by the King as the target of the higher level of honorification. The honorific system was caught up ideologically in a shift from a Tongan traditional hierarchy to a Tongan secular modern nation state hierarchy. Ideologically, this shift was heavily influenced by the European Protestant concern, to create a separation of church and state, which happened elsewhere as well—e.g., Korea and Japan.Less
Language ideology about Tongan lexical honorifics, or lea faka 'eiki, “chiefly language”, has changed over the past 200 years. The number of levels of honorification described, and some of the specific lexical items associated with each level, have remained stable. However, under the impact of British colonization through Methodist missionization, the conceptualization of who is indexed by the use of honorifics has changed significantly. Most notably, the Tui'i Tonga, who was both a sacred and a secular leader, has been replaced by the King as the target of the higher level of honorification. The honorific system was caught up ideologically in a shift from a Tongan traditional hierarchy to a Tongan secular modern nation state hierarchy. Ideologically, this shift was heavily influenced by the European Protestant concern, to create a separation of church and state, which happened elsewhere as well—e.g., Korea and Japan.
Arthur Goldschmidt and Amy J. Johnson (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9789774249006
- eISBN:
- 9781617971006
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774249006.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Middle Eastern Studies
This book presents new and often dismissed aspects of the constitutional monarchy era in Egyptian history. It demonstrates that many of the domestic and regional sociopolitical and cultural changes ...
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This book presents new and often dismissed aspects of the constitutional monarchy era in Egyptian history. It demonstrates that many of the domestic and regional sociopolitical and cultural changes credited to the 1952 revolutionaries actually began in the decades before the July coup. Arguing against the predominant view of the pre-revolutionary era in Egypt as one of creeping decay, the volume restores understandings of the 1919–1952 years as integral to modern nation-state formation and social transformation. The book's chapters show that Egypt's real revolutions were long-term processes emerging over several decades prior to 1952. The leaders of the 1952 coup capitalized on these developments, yet earlier changes in Egyptian society fundamentally facilitated their actions and policies. This volume includes revisionist discussion of domestic political issues and foreign policy; the military, education, social reform, and class; as well as popular media, art, and literature. By introducing new approaches to these under-appreciated categories of analysis through exploration of untapped sources and by re-examining the political context of the time, this book proposes innovative methodologies for understanding this crucial period in Egyptian history, casting these years as fundamental to the country's twentieth-century trajectory.Less
This book presents new and often dismissed aspects of the constitutional monarchy era in Egyptian history. It demonstrates that many of the domestic and regional sociopolitical and cultural changes credited to the 1952 revolutionaries actually began in the decades before the July coup. Arguing against the predominant view of the pre-revolutionary era in Egypt as one of creeping decay, the volume restores understandings of the 1919–1952 years as integral to modern nation-state formation and social transformation. The book's chapters show that Egypt's real revolutions were long-term processes emerging over several decades prior to 1952. The leaders of the 1952 coup capitalized on these developments, yet earlier changes in Egyptian society fundamentally facilitated their actions and policies. This volume includes revisionist discussion of domestic political issues and foreign policy; the military, education, social reform, and class; as well as popular media, art, and literature. By introducing new approaches to these under-appreciated categories of analysis through exploration of untapped sources and by re-examining the political context of the time, this book proposes innovative methodologies for understanding this crucial period in Egyptian history, casting these years as fundamental to the country's twentieth-century trajectory.
David Ambaras
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520245792
- eISBN:
- 9780520932203
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520245792.001.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
A study of the political, social, and cultural history of juvenile delinquency in modern Japan, this book treats the policing of urban youth as a crucial site for the development of new state ...
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A study of the political, social, and cultural history of juvenile delinquency in modern Japan, this book treats the policing of urban youth as a crucial site for the development of new state structures and new forms of social power. Focusing on the years of rapid industrialization and imperialist expansion (1895 to 1945), it challenges widely held conceptions of a Japan that did not, until recently, experience delinquency and related youth problems. The author reconstructs numerous individual life stories in the worlds of home, school, work, and the streets, and relates the changes that took place during this time of social transformation to the broader processes of capitalist development, nation-state formation, and imperialism.Less
A study of the political, social, and cultural history of juvenile delinquency in modern Japan, this book treats the policing of urban youth as a crucial site for the development of new state structures and new forms of social power. Focusing on the years of rapid industrialization and imperialist expansion (1895 to 1945), it challenges widely held conceptions of a Japan that did not, until recently, experience delinquency and related youth problems. The author reconstructs numerous individual life stories in the worlds of home, school, work, and the streets, and relates the changes that took place during this time of social transformation to the broader processes of capitalist development, nation-state formation, and imperialism.
Juliana Chang
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816674435
- eISBN:
- 9781452947020
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816674435.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Race and Ethnicity
This chapter examines the novel Bone, penned by Chinese-American author Fae Myenne Ng. It reviews the text through the concept of melancholia, which has become paradigmatic in postcolonial and ...
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This chapter examines the novel Bone, penned by Chinese-American author Fae Myenne Ng. It reviews the text through the concept of melancholia, which has become paradigmatic in postcolonial and critical race studies, and allows a better understanding of racial labor exploitation. Bone contributes knowledge about the secrets of a liberal and neoliberal nation-state formation, specifically the ways in which neoliberalism restructure the national economy. The chapter highlights how domestic restructuring is produced by the emerging forces of global capital and neoliberal state formation, interpreting Ng’s narrative as an examination of how the prehistory of neoliberalism restructured Chinatown domesticity.Less
This chapter examines the novel Bone, penned by Chinese-American author Fae Myenne Ng. It reviews the text through the concept of melancholia, which has become paradigmatic in postcolonial and critical race studies, and allows a better understanding of racial labor exploitation. Bone contributes knowledge about the secrets of a liberal and neoliberal nation-state formation, specifically the ways in which neoliberalism restructure the national economy. The chapter highlights how domestic restructuring is produced by the emerging forces of global capital and neoliberal state formation, interpreting Ng’s narrative as an examination of how the prehistory of neoliberalism restructured Chinatown domesticity.
Juliana Chang
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816674435
- eISBN:
- 9781452947020
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816674435.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Race and Ethnicity
This chapter concentrates on an antidomestic narrative: Suki Kim’s The Interpreter. It poses questions regarding Suzy’s (the protagonist) antidomesticity, in which she actively demolishes domestic ...
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This chapter concentrates on an antidomestic narrative: Suki Kim’s The Interpreter. It poses questions regarding Suzy’s (the protagonist) antidomesticity, in which she actively demolishes domestic feelings and connections; and antidomesticity in relation to gendered racial citizenship and U.S. nation-state formation. Suzy’s antidomesticity can be a manifestation of the death drive, which is defined as the compulsion toward the jouissance. Using Jacques Lacan’s formulation of the pervert, the chapter shows how Kim depicts Korean American domesticity and citizenship as perversely beautiful. Lacan’s perversion is understood as a particular configuration among the subject, the object, jouissance, and the Other. These perversions reveal the violence and jouissance underlying the dominant fantasies of America, such as being an exceptionalist site of new beginnings.Less
This chapter concentrates on an antidomestic narrative: Suki Kim’s The Interpreter. It poses questions regarding Suzy’s (the protagonist) antidomesticity, in which she actively demolishes domestic feelings and connections; and antidomesticity in relation to gendered racial citizenship and U.S. nation-state formation. Suzy’s antidomesticity can be a manifestation of the death drive, which is defined as the compulsion toward the jouissance. Using Jacques Lacan’s formulation of the pervert, the chapter shows how Kim depicts Korean American domesticity and citizenship as perversely beautiful. Lacan’s perversion is understood as a particular configuration among the subject, the object, jouissance, and the Other. These perversions reveal the violence and jouissance underlying the dominant fantasies of America, such as being an exceptionalist site of new beginnings.
