86 research outputs found
Notice of action on application for leave clearance, WRA-131, Sumiko Saito
No full textA notice, Form WRA-131 informing Sumiko Saito incarcerated in the Granada camp that she is "eligible to be entered on the list of those cleared for indefinite leave.
Letter from James G. Lindley, Project Director, Granada Relocation Center, War Relocation Authority to Sumiko Dorothy Saito, July 30, 1943
No full textLetter from James G. Lindley, Project Director, Granada Relocation Center, War Relocation Authority to Sumiko Dorothy Saito. It informs her that her leave clearance was issued and she "may be referred for immediate employment in Maryland, Virginia or Delaware.
The Japanese woman traditional image and changing reality
No full textJapan is a country in which gender roles have appeared to be clearly circumscribed and stable. Both Westerners and many Japanese men have a vivid mental image of Japanese women as dependent, deferential, devoted to their families, and anything but ambitious. In this surprising new look at women in Japan, Sumiko Iwao shows that they are anything but the submissive female typically portrayed; rather, they hold positions equal to and sometimes more powerful than those of men in many spheres. Focusing particularly on the first post-World War II generation, the author explores the psychology and current circumstances of Japanese women. She examines their dominance in the family, revealing their intense involvement in their children's development - an involvement which, she argues, accounts for Japanese children's noted excellence in school. The author also explains the nature of the Japanese woman's control over her husband and, in the process, gives a fascinating account of the differences in male/female relationships in Japan and the United States. American women, Iwao maintains, have much to learn from Japanese women on this count. Iwao also explains how the shortage of Japanese workers is drawing more women into the job force, and she charts the changes we can expect in the workplace and in family life as a result of this shortage. Finally, she shows how as the Japanese population continues to decrease, women will gain ever greater control both in and out of the home. Fascinating profiles of contemporary Japanese, women illustrate the changes currently taking place in work and family structures in Japan. These changes will undoubtedly have a major impact on the Japanese economy. The Japanese Woman shows how the fate of the United States' most energetic competitor may well be found in the changes taking place among Japanese women today
Correction to: Ephedra Herb extract activates/desensitizes transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 and reduces capsaicin-induced pain
No full textThe article Ephedra Herb extract activates/desensitizes transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 and reduces capsaicin-induced pain, written by Shunsuke Nakamori, Jun Takahashi, Sumiko Hyuga, Toshiko Tanaka-Kagawa, Hideto Jinno, Masashi Hyuga, Takashi Hakamatsuka, Hiroshi Odaguchi, Yukihiro Goda, Toshihiko Hanawa and Yoshinori Kobayashi, was originally published Online First without open access. After publication in volume 71, issue 1, page 105–113 the author decided to opt for Open Choice and to make the article an open access publication. Therefore, the copyright of the article has been changed to © The Author(s) 2018 and the article is forthwith distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, duplication, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.</jats:p
Cecil B. DeMille and American culture: the silent era
No full textCecil B. DeMille and American Culture demonstrates that the director, best remembered for his overblown biblical epics, was one of the most remarkable film pioneers of the Progressive Era. In this innovative work, which integrates cultural history and cultural studies, Sumiko Higashi shows how DeMille artfully inserted cinema into genteel middle-class culture by replicating in his films such spectacles as elaborate parlor games, stage melodramas, department store displays, Orientalist world's fairs, and civic pageantry. The director not only established his signature as a film author by articulating middle-class ideology across class and ethnic lines, but by the 1920's had become a trendsetter, with set and costume designs that influenced the advertising industry to create a consumer culture based on female desire. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped material from the DeMille Archives and other collections, Higashi provides imaginative readings of DeMille's early feature films, viewing them in relation to the dynamics of social change, and she documents the extent to which the emergence of popular culture was linked to the genteel tradition
SUMIKO MIKIMOTO'S PIANO METHOD: A MODERN PHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO PIANO TECHNIQUE IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
No full textThe purpose of this dissertation is to introduce Sumiko Mikimoto's piano method, The Correct Piano Technique (2004), which represents a modern approach to piano technique based on physiological and neurological study. The author places Mikimoto's method within a historical context, and shows how it offers a unique approach to piano playing with its anatomical-based awareness of localized muscle structures. Mikimoto not only describes different hand types, along with their accompanying strengths and weaknesses, but also presents a comprehensive picture of the development of piano technique through numerous exercises that are arranged incrementally. In addition to her various exercises, Mikimoto patented a finger-board in 1980 that helps the pianist stretch tendons and trains the small muscles of the hand and fingers. The strength of this method lies in its ability to address a broad range of technical challenges faced at many different levels from the beginner up through the advanced level pianist, as well as to help prevent tension-related injury.
Broadly speaking, the historical context of piano technique shows a gradually increasing awareness of the body. Since the turn of the twentieth century and continuing up to the present day, the fields of physiology, neurology, and wellness have informed the teachings of many pedagogues such as Tobias Matthay, Otto Ortmann, George Kochevitsky, Gyorgy Sandor, and Seymour Bernstein. In this stream of studies of piano techniques and methods, Mikimoto's method may be viewed as an extension of the work of Otto Ortmann (who conducted extensive scientific studies on physiological mechanics of piano technique) and George Kochevitsky (who incorporated an understanding of the neurology of motor skills into his teaching).
With the growing obsession with technique, there has been an increase in injuries among pianists. Tension is at the root of many injuries, and injury prevention has been a growing topic since 1980s. Mikimoto's careful analysis of students' physical characteristics (including the different shapes of fingers, wrist, hands, arms, and their tendons) provides insight into some of the causes of weakness and tension. It possible to use her analysis to find the root of some injuries, aid in rehabilitation, and perhaps prevent them from happening to future students
A discriminação em Clara dos Anjos, de Lima Barreto, à luz da avaliatividade: uma perspectiva sistêmico-funcional
No full textA presente pesquisa enfoca a questão da discriminação sociorracial no romance
Clara dos Anjos, de Lima Barreto, examinando as escolhas lexicogramaticais feitas
pelo autor para, não só se posicionar em relação à questão sociorracial, mas
também para obter a solidariedade do leitor, criando um quadro convincente da
inconsciência dos negros em relação à sua própria servidão. Para tanto, examina a
questão da identidade, segundo Bucholtz e Hall (2005) e Snow (2001) e a
importância do contexto ideológico, segundo Banks (2005). Em termos
metodológicos, o exame apoia-se nos estudos da semântica avaliativa, uma
ampliação da Metafunção Interpessoal da Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional
(HALLIDAY, 1994, 2004), com o sistema de Appraisal (doravante, Avaliatividade)
(MARTIN, 2000), e o faz a partir do enfoque da Linguística Crítica, de Fowler (1991).
A análise conta também com o apoio de Li (2010) para quem as ideologias
sociopolíticas ou socioculturais estão entrelaçadas com a língua e o discurso. O
autor recorre a van Dijk (1993, 1997), em uma abordagem da Análise do Discurso
Crítica, que relaciona a noção macro da ideologia às noções micro dos discursos e
das práticas sociais de membros de grupo. O estudo deve responder às seguintes
perguntas: (a) que escolhas lexicogramaticais são feitas por Lima Barreto para
enfocar a questão da discriminação sociorracial em Clara dos Anjos? (b) como são
caracterizadas essas escolhas do ponto de vista do sistema da Avaliatividade? (c)
de que forma a Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional pode desnudar a ideologia que
envolve a identidade racial no romance? A pesquisa mostra que, por meio de
escolhas lexicais de Avaliatividade negativas, Lima Barreto busca construir um leitor
ideal, capaz de compartilhar suas amarguras, de uma vida marcada pela
discriminação sociorracialThis research focuses on socio-racial discrimination found along the novel Clara dos
Anjos, by Lima Barreto, examining lexicogrammatical choices made by the author,
not only to take a stand on the socio-racial issue, but also to get the reader s
sympathy, creating a convincing picture black people s unconsciousness about their
own servitude. For this purpose, it examines the question of identity, according to
Bucholtz and Hall (2005) and Snow (2001) and the importance of the ideological
context, according to Banks (2005). In methodological terms, this study is based on
studies of semantic evaluation, an extension of the Interpersonal Metafunction in
Systemic-Functional Linguistics (HALLIDAY, 1994, 2004) and on the Appraisal
System (MARTIN, 2000) in an approach of Critical Linguistics (FOWLER, 1991). The
analysis also has the support of Li (2010), for whom the sociocultural and
sociopolitical ideologies are intertwined with language and speech. The author refers
to Van Dijk (1993, 1997), who relates the macro notion of ideology to micro notions
of discourse and social practices of group members. The study should answer the
following questions: (a) which lexicogrammatical choices are made by Lima Barreto
to address the socio-racial discrimination issue in the book Clara dos Anjos? (b) how
are these choices characterized from the point of view of the Appraisal system? (c)
how can Systemic-Functional Linguistics uncover the ideology that involves racial
identity in the novel? The research shows that, through negative lexical choices of
Appraisal, Lima Barreto seeks to build an ideal reader, able to share his sorrows, of a
life marked by socio-racial discrimainationCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superio
A crítica ao poder em textos líricos dos séculos XIII, XVII e XX: um enfoque sistêmico-funcional
No full textO objetivo desta pesquisa, de cunho crítico, é a identificação das estratégias
persuasivas feitas por autores de diferentes épocas com vistas à crítica de
detentores de poder em seus respectivos contextos. Para tanto, a presente pesquisa
visa a realizar um estudo multifuncional, sob a ótica teórico metodológica da
Gramática Sistêmico-Funcional (GSF), de produções literárias de três épocas
distintas, mas semelhantes na relação de seus autores com o poder vigente e alvo
de suas críticas, a saber: (a) cantigas de escárnio e de maldizer de Gil Pérez Conde
(século XIII); (b) poemas de Gregório de Matos Guerra (século XVII); e (c) canções
de Chico Buarque de Holanda (século XX). A análise dessas produções apoia-se
nas propostas da GSF, para a qual a oração é um evento social, cuja estrutura serve
para construir três tipos de significados, ou metafunções, simultâneos: Ideacional
(refere-se à informação), Interpessoal (refere-se à interação entre produtor e
receptor envolvidos no processo linguístico) e Textual (refere-se à construção do
texto de acordo com as exigências do meio sócio histórico cultural). A GSF envolve
não só a Linguística Crítica, uma abordagem que tenta casar um método de análise
linguística textual com uma teoria social da linguagem em processos políticos e
ideológicos, mas também a Modalidade e a Avaliatividade, uma ampliação teórica
da metafunção Interpessoal, que envolve o posicionamento do autor sobre o
conteúdo da mensagem. Paralelamente à Avaliatividade, nesse confronto com as
autoridades, verifica-se o cuidado dos autores em observar as necessidades
decorrentes do trabalho de face, ou polidez. A pesquisa visa a responder às
seguintes perguntas: (a) Como é feita a crítica ao poder nas diferentes épocas
selecionadas? (b) Que escolhas lexicogramaticais em termos das metafunções
Ideacional e Interpessoal foram feitas para a realização dessa crítica? (c) Que
elementos retóricos realizaram a persuasão nesse processo? Os resultados
mostram que o dialogismo dos textos, no uso de estruturas persuasivas similares, os
agregam numa subcategoria do gênero satírico, conforme o contexto de repressão
que os abrange. Em contrapartida, as diferenças nas estratégias persuasivas
apontadas através das análises evidenciam a unicidade dos textos e seus autoresThe objective of this critical research is the identification of the persuasive
strategies that authors from different times used to criticize power holders in their
respective contexts. Therefore, the present research aims to conduct a
multifunctional study in the theoretical-methodological perspective of the Systemic-
Functional Grammar (SFG) of literary productions from three distinct eras, but similar
in the relationship of the authors with the existing power and target of their criticisms,
namely: (a) satirical chants of Gil Pérez Conde (thirteenth century); (b) poems of
Gregorio de Matos Guerra (seventeenth century); and (c) songs of Chico Buarque de
Holanda (twentieth century). The analysis of these productions is based on the SFG
proposals. It considers the clause as a social event, for which the structure serves to
woven together three concurrent types of meanings, or metafunctions: Ideational
(refers to information), Interpersonal (refers to the interaction between the producer
and the receiver involved in the linguistic process) and Textual (refers to the text
construction according to the requirements of the socio-historical-cultural
environment). The SFG involves not only the Critical Linguistics, which is an
approach that tries to match a textual linguistic analysis method with a social
language theory in political and ideological processes, but also the Modality and
Appraisal a theoretical extension of the Interpersonal metafunction that blends the
author`s positioning with the message content. In this confrontation against the
authorities, Appraisal works alongside of the care authors show redressing of affronts
to face posed by face-threatening, or politeness. The research aims to answer the
following questions: (a) How is power criticism made in the chosen different times?
(b) What lexicogrammatical choices were made to criticize in terms of the Ideational
and Interpersonal metafunctions? (c) What did rhetorical elements build the
persuasion in this process? The results show that the dialogism of the texts points
out to the use of similar persuasive structures that identify a satirical genre
subcategory, which aggregates texts due to the repression context wrapping them.
On the other hand, differences in the persuasive strategies, identified through the
analysis, present the uniqueness of the texts and their author
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