Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies 43rd Annual Meeting University of Florida Gainesville, FL January 16-18, 2004 Saturday Panels Session 1: 8:30-10:30am 1. American and Japanese Encounters in War Chair: Joel Campbell, Kansai Gaidai University Alarm in Washington: A Wartime 'Expose' of Japan's Biological Warfare Program Roger Jeans, Washington and Lee University Trying to Avoid a Japanese-American War: America's "Japan Connection" in 1937 and 1941 Barney J. Rickman III, Valdosta State University Konoe's Last Endeavor: US-Japan Negotiations Kazuo Yagami, Florida State University The Battleship Yamato and the Failure of American Intelligence Jay Clarke, Jacksonville University 2. Ritual, Sincerity, and Human Nature Chair: Todd May, Clemson University Ritual Extended Daniel Lilly, Clemson University Human Nature in Mencius and in Rousseau Allen Parker, Clemson University On Sincerity: A Comparative Study Yanming An, Clemson University 3. Aspects of Pan-Asian Literature Chair: Katya Vladimirov, Kennesaw State University Seclusion and Becoming-Imperceptible: Korean Nomadism in Deleuze and Guattari's Terms Hyung-Chul Chung, Pusan University of Foreign Studies The Figure of Qu Yuan in Ezra Pound and Bei Dao's Transnational Modernism: Poetic Displacement in Twentieth Century Literature James McDougall, University of Florida Bodyscape: The King Also Dies Ray Chandresekara, Augusta State University 4. Constructing the Multiple Layers of Asian Societies Chair: Dorothea Martin, Appalachian State University Negotiating the State-Hiratsuka Raicho and Naruse Jinzo Melanie Czarnecki, Hokkaido University Reign Era Changes Under Wu Zhao, China's Only Female Emperor Norman Rothschild, University of North Florida A Model for Village and National Reconstruction—Tao Xingzhi's Work-Study Union Movement Yusheng Yao, Rollins College Kingship, Rituals, and Power in Nepal Nawaraj Chaulagain, University of Florida 5. Chinese Art and Philosophy Chair: Fred Martinson, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Turandot: A Chinese Fable John Thornell, Delta State University Mengzi, Profit, and What Can(not) Truthfully Be Said Steven Geisz, Rollins College Buddhist Landscapes in Chinese Poems of the Pre-Tang Period Cynthia L. Chennault, University of Florida 6. Juxtaposing East and West Chair: Xuexin Liu, Spelman College Ningyo on the Western Toy Shelf, 1870-1920 Judith Shoaf, University of Florida Revolutionary Women on the Edge of Change: Buddhism in Cuba Jennifer L. Manlowe, University of West Georgia "Some Unseen Power:" Hinduism in the Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley Monica Piotter, Florida Gulf Coast University Session 2: 1:30-3:30pm 7. Asian Art and Religion Chair: Susan Lee, Florida State University Buddhist Content in an early Painting by Zhu Da Suzanne Wright, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Himiko, Shamans, and Mirrors J. Edward Kidder, Jr., International Christian University Indigenous Transformation of a Hindu Temple in Central Java Mary-Louise Totton, Florida State University 8. Perspectives on National Identity in East and Southeast Asia Chair: Nathan Rousseau, Jacksonville University Globalization's Impact on National Identity in China: The Case of Baixa District Loren Fauchier, Queeen University Gender, Kitchens and National Identity Cooking in Modern Korea Dennis Hart, Kent State University Home Cooking? Representing Korean-ness through Food and Cuisine in Korean American Diaspora Oum Young Rae, Clark University Economic Nationalism in the Philippine Commonwealth: The Hearings of the Joint Preparatory Committee on Philippine Affairs Steven MacIsaac, Jacksonville University 9. Nineteenth Century Diplomatic Interactions in East Asia Chair: Roger Jeans, Washington and Lee University Naval Diplomacy in Asia Pacific Waters: The Transmission of Norms Jonathan Seth Snider, University of Virginia Across Languages and Cultures: The Perry Expedition to Japan, 1853-1854 Douglas R. Reynolds, Georgia State University The Contested Terrain of Japanese Remembrance Matthew Levey, Birmingham-Southern College 10. Japan through Literary Eyes Chair: James McDougall, University of Florida Dreams of Japan: Japan in Contemporary Russian Writings Katya Vladimirov, Kennesaw State University The Emergence of Metafiction in the 1930's Japanese Literature Yoshi Yasuhara, Florida State University Yanagita Kunio, Jomin, and the Conservative Turn of Japanese Ethnography in the 1930s David Henry, University of Michigan 11. Mechanics of Empire: Chinese Government and Politics Chair: Bill Dorrill, Longwood University Fiscal Decentralization is Trickling Down?: An Empirical Study of County Governments in China Jianfeng Wang, Western Michigan University Soldiers in Motion: An Examination of Chinese Military Strategy and Recent Developments Wei-Chin Lee, Wake Forest University Pan-Hanism: Forerunner of Chinese Nationalism Winston Lo, Flordia State University 12. Buddhism in the Public University Classroom Chair: Bina Gupta, University of Missouri-Columbia Introducing Indian Buddhism into the Curriculum: New Approaches and Methods Jason Neelis, University of Florida Teaching Chinese Religions at Public Universities Mario Poceski, University of Florida Japanese Buddhism in the Public University Classroom Shinobu Arai, Institute of Oriental Philosophy Are We on the Road to Shambala? Approaches to Tibetan Buddhism in the Public University Curriculum James Apple, University of Alabama Session 3: 3:45-5:45pm 13. Center, Periphery, and Ethnicity Chair: Barney J. Rickman III, Valdosta State University Manipulating the Center: Daimyo and Shogun in 16th Century Japan Ronald Frank, Pace University Rum, Whiskey, and Tea: The Influence of Presidential Ethnicity on U.S. Asian Policy Thomas A. Breslin, Florida International University The Korean Question in Russian Diplomacy, 1886-1888 Pak Bella, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 14. Contemporary China Chair: Bob Moore, Rollins College China's WTO Compliance: Commitment and Progress in the Initial Stage Penelope Prime, Kennesaw State University China's Recent Diplomacy John Garver, Georgia Institute of Technology China's Urban Development, Clifton Panell, University of Georgia The New Look of Urban China: Public Squares as Symbols of Modernity Ed Krebs, Independent Scholar 15. Communications: Abstracts in Asian Language and Music Chair: Monica Piotter, Florida Gulf Coast University Celebrate Students' Learning of Chinese Language and Culture: A Case Study of the Application of the 5 Cs in Foreign Language Learning Phebe Gray, Lee University Politeness as a Social Strategy in Japanese Culture Xuexin Liu, Spelman College Communicating the South Asian Identity Through Language Tamara Valentine, University of South Carolina-Spartanburg Toward a Social History of Vietnamese Music in the Twentieth Century Eric Henry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 16. Nationalism and Political Activism in Asia Chair: Savita Nair, Furman University Chen Renbing 1919-1990: Outspoken Intellectual Jeannette Ford, Bethune-Cookman College The Invisible Kampung (Village): The Developing National Consciousness Among Malays on the Malay Peninsula Before 1940 Ingelise Lanman, Indian River Community College Benevolent Autocracy or Panchayati Raj? The Royal Commission upon Decentralization and Indian Opinion, 1907-1909 Heather Frazer, Florida Atlantic University 17. Presidential Panel: Narratives of Peace Chair: The Power of Narrative: Introductory Remarks Tom Pynn, Kennesaw State University The House of Being Still Stands: Nuclear Holocaust and Human Meaning Alan Pope, University of West Georgia A Day, Just Like Any Other Day: August 6, 1945 David Jones, Center for the Development of Asian Studies, Kennesaw State University 18. Asian Art History Chair: Suzanne Wright, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Jesuits and the Arts in Mughal India Punam Madhok, East Carolina University Stein and Trinkler on Rawak: A Mandala Style Moves East Fred Martinson, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Meanings and Functions of the Beautiful Courtesan in Edo Japan Susan Lee, Florida State University Sunday Session 4: 8:30-10:30am 19. Asian Aesthetics Chair: Yanming An, Clemson University The Aesthetics of Emptiness John C. Maraldo, University of North Florida Violence and Sensibility: Rasa and the Reclamation of Feeling Through Art Harriette Grissom, Atlanta College of Art Silent Thunder and the Texture of the Earth: An Introduction to Japanese Ceramics Jason Wirth, Oglethorpe University From Cosmology to Poetry: Taoist Themes in Poetry of Su T'ung-p'o Tom Pynn, Kennesaw State University 20. Political Issues in India and Indonesia Chair: Marc Gilbert, North Georgia College & State University The Prospects for the B.J.P. in the Indian General Election of 2004 Lewis Fickett Jr., Mary Washington College Caring for the Masses: The Successes and Failures of the Famine Policy of the Government of Bombay Sandra L. Norman, Florida Atlantic University The Politics and Thought of Amien Rais: Implications for Indonesian Democracy Paige Johnson Tan, University of North Carolina-Wilmington A Vaisnava is Automatically a Brahmana Michael James Gressett, University of Florida 21. Case Studies in Asian Religion Chair: J. Edward Kidder, Jr., International Christian University Walking through the Indigenous Religious Field in Malaysian Borneo: A Field Report Wei Zhang, University of South Florida Globalizing Japanese Religion: The Soka Gakkai in Australia and Quebec Daniel Metraux, Mary Baldwin College Shinto: A Japanese Brand of Taoism E. Leslie Williams, Clemson University 22. China's Literary History Chair: Tamara Valentine, University of South Carolina-Spartanburg Ah Q Progeny: Post-1949 Creative Intersections with the Ah Q Discourse Paul B. Foster, Georgia Institute of Technology "Putting into Words What Can't Be Put into Words": García Márquez's "Tales for Children" as Koan Donna Gessell, North Georgia College & State University East-West: The Cultural Interpretation of Literature and Art Barbara Tucker, Trident Technical College 23. Ensuring the Future Chair: Phebe Gray, Lee University Learning English the Hard Way: Constraints in China's Approach to English Education William Donnelly, Grove City College Analysis of the Errors Identified among Second/foreign Learners of Japanese in Narrative Discourse Misa Yamamoto, Appalachian State University