Seductive Alienation: The American Way of Life Rearticulated in Occupied Japan

This article explores how the notion of American domesticity promoted by US occupation forces in postwar Japan was decoded and rearticulated by non-elite Japanese women, a social group that has been largely overlooked in studies of the global promotion of the American way of life during the early Cold War years. Specifically examined here is the case of Takehisa Chieko, an actress and the wife of an American officer, who enjoyed high visibility in popular women’s magazines as the embodiment of the idealised postwar American lifestyle. A reading of Takehisa’s magazine writings, interviews, and photographs suggests, however, that she was far from a passive recipient and transmitter of this cultural message. As such, a close unpacking of her rearticulation of the idea of American domesticity toward the particular socio-cultural fabric of postwar Japan reveals the particular nature of this supposedly universal American model. In demonstrating the various dilemmas that stemmed from confronting both the seductive and alienating features of the American way as promoted in occupied Japan, this study illuminates a point of rupture in the larger US global promotion of American domesticity as a means toward cultural hegemony and political containment in the early Cold War period.     

山东省近代外来建筑遗产的历史蕴意

近20年来众多外来建筑遗产被公布为全国重点文物保护单位,山东省也有青岛、烟台、济南等地十多处外来建筑进入了全国重点文物保护单位范围。外来建筑遗产有着丰富的历史蕴意,以山东省为例,它能反映近代山东的开放过程和程度、中外文化交流程度和近代山东复杂的矛盾斗争历史。这些历史蕴意启示着对外来建筑遗产的保护有重要的意义,也昭示着做好历史阐释的重要性,也要求我们对外来建筑遗产的展示要对历史有足够的重视。     

尊崇与承继:陈作霖对卢前的影响

中国的传统文化、乡邦文化的魅力,是靠一代代的文化人继承、延续和发展的。陈作霖(可园)是保存近世南京文化的典型代表。民国时期,文学和戏剧史论家卢前对陈作霖的贡献推崇备至,以其为民国初年东南耆硕之魁率,认为陈作霖从历史的废墟和陈迹之中爬梳、挖掘和勾画出江苏和南京的历史文化的面貌,对发掘与整理江苏南京文献居功至伟。陈作霖对故乡南京历史文化的热爱,也影响了卢前的一生。在担任南京通志馆馆长和文献委员会主任期间,卢前主持编纂了26册的《南京文献》,延续了南京文化人对地方文献特别关注的传统。     

W Function: A New Distance‐Based Measure of Spatial Distribution of Economic Activities

Distance‐based methods are applied in various fields of research. In this paper, a new relative distance‐based method, the W function, is introduced. This method contributes to the assessment of spatial patterns of economic activities using the stochastic Monte Carlo simulation, and supplements the typology of distance‐based methods recently drawn up by Marcon and Puech. The capability of the W function is compared with results from the Kd and the recently defined m function methods, which are widely used for monitoring the spatial distribution of economic activities by considering several theoretical and empirical examples. The W function appears to provide more precise estimations of the density of economic activities compared to the m and Kd functions, particularly in cases of complex patterns such as double clustered distribution. It also appears to provide a more accurate evaluation of dispersion.     

汪道昆的谱本宗与宗法收族理论

徽州为明清宗族制度发达地区,这也是徽州士大夫文人宗法制度庶民化努力的结果。宗法制度庶民化并不仅仅是宗法制度贯彻实践的问题,也包含士大夫文人对民间宗族建设活动的宗法理论解释。汪道昆的谱本宗主张及其修谱活动就是建立在民间宗族的祖先谱系文化基础之上,反映了世家大族的独立性追求与以村落宗族为中心的社会现实;其强调的亲亲收族是对谱本宗活动的宗法理论新解释,民间宗族建设实践推动了宗法制度的庶民化发展。     

民国时期华侨高等教育的兴起与发展——以暨南大学为例

华侨高等教育是我国高等教育独特而又不可或缺的重要部分,她的产生、形成、嬗变和发展经历了相当长的一段历史。在这段长期的历史进程中,民国时期是华侨高等教育兴起与发展的重要时期。国民政府将暨南学校升格为国立暨南大学,开辟了华侨高等教育新的纪元。政府对一所高校的举措,从一个重要侧面反映了当时社会政治、经济、文化和教育的状况。研究暨南学校走向国立暨南大学,华侨基础教育发展成为华侨高等教育的内在因素和外在条件,探讨侨务政策与华侨教育之间的关系,对于认识与改进今日之华侨高等教育有着很大的现实意义。     

地方志与城市化推进中的文化记忆抢救工程

在今后相当长的一个时期,地方志工作需要致力于“文化记忆抢救工程”这样一个领域,这个工作是各地建设文化大省的重要内容。在我国城市化高潮来临的情况下,建设与保护是一对共生的矛盾,“文化记忆抢救工程”的急迫性在某种程度上就是要与社会经济发展抢速度。     

岷江上游新石器时代的文化景观与环境动因

岷江上游位于我国西南横断山脉东缘,自然和人文地理特征鲜明,是藏彝民族走廊中最独特的一个区域。本文以岷江上游新石器时代为时间断面,从文化景观的角度,探讨文化源流、聚落建筑、生产生活、文化习俗以及文化传播等要素的呈现,并分析背后的环境机制以及景观呈现对环境的响应。     

刘铭传近代化思想剖析

刘铭传在台湾视番民为朝廷赤子;实施新政,提倡以商立国;兴铁路、挖煤矿均取得卓著成绩;首创近代邮政竟早于大陆.因知识局限,终仍袭乃师"官总其纲".     

浅说辽代马盂山

欧阳修诗:“马盂山西有落霞”。《辽史·地理志》:“有神人乘白马,自马盂山浮土河而来,有天女驾青牛车由平地松林泛氵黄河而下。至木叶山,二水合流,相遇为配偶,生八子。其后族属渐盛,分为八部”。马盂山的名称始见于辽代,乃辽域著名山脉,以至于后来的元、明、清等各个历史时期的诸多相关史料记载也多有涉及。按《辽史·地理志》和《嘉庆重修一统志》的记载,马盂山有两处,一处在辽代上京道临潢府域内,另一处在辽代中京道大定府域内①。本文所涉概指辽代中京道大定府域内之马盂山。阅读史料,历代关于马盂山的记载常有出入,或者名称出现变…