Presented By: Center for Japanese Studies
CANCELED--CJS Thursday Lecture Series | The Painted Okinawan Female Body: The Struggles of Okinawan Identity and Politics
Eriko Tomizawa-Kay, Lecture, Japanese Language and Culture, School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies, University of East Anglia, UK
We regret that we have had to cancel this lecture.
The paper explores how the Okinawan female body has been appropriated not only as a trope of the relationship between subjugated Okinawa and its ruler, mainland Japan, but also as a site where intricate issues of discrimination, gender, power and Okinawan identity converge.
Eriko Tomizawa-Kay is lecturer in Japanese Language and Culture, at School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies, the University of East Anglia. She specializes in modern Japanese art history, particularly nihonga (Japanese style painting).
She is the organizer of 2019 international conference, entitled "Okinawan Art in its Regional Context: Historical Overview and Contemporary Practice". The conference report (Japanese/English) will be available on the website shortly as Sainsbury Institute Occasional Papers 2. Her publications include ‘Reinventing Localism, Tradition, and Identity: The Role of Modern Okinawan Painting (1630s - 1960s)’ In East Asian Art History in a Transnational Context, edited by Tomizawa-Kay, E. & Watanabe, T. Routledge, 2019.
Image credit: Naha City Museum of History
This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
The paper explores how the Okinawan female body has been appropriated not only as a trope of the relationship between subjugated Okinawa and its ruler, mainland Japan, but also as a site where intricate issues of discrimination, gender, power and Okinawan identity converge.
Eriko Tomizawa-Kay is lecturer in Japanese Language and Culture, at School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies, the University of East Anglia. She specializes in modern Japanese art history, particularly nihonga (Japanese style painting).
She is the organizer of 2019 international conference, entitled "Okinawan Art in its Regional Context: Historical Overview and Contemporary Practice". The conference report (Japanese/English) will be available on the website shortly as Sainsbury Institute Occasional Papers 2. Her publications include ‘Reinventing Localism, Tradition, and Identity: The Role of Modern Okinawan Painting (1630s - 1960s)’ In East Asian Art History in a Transnational Context, edited by Tomizawa-Kay, E. & Watanabe, T. Routledge, 2019.
Image credit: Naha City Museum of History
This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
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