Frontier in the Far East
George H. Kerr's historical narrative of the Ryukyu Islands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3033124 |
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| Authors | Hidekazu Sensui (0009-0003-1288-0412, Kanagawa University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 39-47 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Suomen Antropologi Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0355-3930 • E-ISSN: 1799-8972 |
| Publisher | Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.30676/jfas.127467 |
| OpenAlex | W4323036732 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
George H. Kerr (1911-1992) is an American historian who authored Ryukyu: Kingdom and Province before 1945 (Kerr 1953a), the sole general history of theislands in English; he was also a Taiwan specialist in the military and government whose book won him the reputation as the 'father of Taiwanese independence' (Lu 2006). He rearranged fragmented memory and recorded it in such a way as to justify a separate people, the Ryukyuans or the Taiwanese, from the nation-state to which they may belong-Japan or China-so that the United States could strategically exploit their home islands. While mainly focusing on Kerr in the Ryukyus and unveiling the process of his writing, this paper offers a bridge to Kerr in Taiwan and addresses the question of a common interpretive framework underneath his historical narratives. Keywords: Cold War, historiography, politics of collective memory, Ryukyu (Okinawa), Taiwan (Formosa
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · China · Frontier · Genealogy · Historiography · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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