MUNAKATA Kenji

Department of International Liberal ArtsProject Professor
College of International RelationsProject Professor

Research Keyword

  • Movie
  • america
  • Japonism
  • representaion
  • minority
  • Turn of the 19th Century
  • Orientalism
  • sencorship
  • 発禁
  • Comstock
  • exoticism
  • Theodore Dreiser
  • Comparative Literature
  • American literature
  • American Culture

Field Of Study

  • Humanities & social sciences, Literature - British/English-languag, Literature in English
  • Humanities & social sciences, Literature - European, American Literature
  • Humanities & social sciences, Literature - European, European Language Literature
  • Humanities & social sciences, Local studies, American Culture
  • Humanities & social sciences, Literature - General, Literature in general

Career

  • Apr. 1990 - Mar. 1996
    佐野女子短期大学専任講師
  • Apr. 1991 - Mar. 1993
    東京理科大学非常勤講師
  • Apr. 1990 - Mar. 1992
    明治学院大学非常勤講師

Member History

  • Oct. 2013 - Present
    日本大学付属高等学校等英語スピーチコンテスト審査委員, 日本大学付属高等学校等英語スピーチコンテスト審査委員会
  • Apr. 2006 - Present
    編集委員, 英語文化学会
  • Nov. 2004 - Present
    理事・事務局長, 国際文化表現学会
  • Jul. 2015 - Jun. 2019
    幹事, 日本比較文学会東京支部
  • Apr. 1999 - Mar. 2017
    運営委員, 日本大学英文学会
  • Apr. 2006 - Mar. 2010
    編集委員, 英米文化学会

Paper

  • Oriental Dance and Censorship in the 1893 Chicago World Exhibition
    MUNAKATA Kenji
    Expressions: International Cultural Expression Studies, Mar. 2019, Refereed, Not invited
  • Sister Carrie’s Backstage: Dreiser’s Orientalism in the Theater at the Turn of the 19th Century
    Kenji MUNAKATA
    Expressions: International Cultural Expression Studies, Mar. 2017, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Sessue and National Sentiment: The Acceptance of "the Cheat" in Japan
    Kenji MUNAKATA
    Expressions: International Cultural Expression Studies, Mar. 2016, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Mass Media and Nuclear Representaions in Fukushima
    Expression, Mar. 2013, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • A Cotton State, Atlanta and International Exposition in 1895
    The International Society for Cultural Expression News, Nov. 2012, Refereed, Not invited
  • American Censorship at the Turn of the 19th Century (1): Comstock and the Age of YMCA
    Studies in International Relations, Feb. 2012, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • The restored historic Japanese panels in 1893 Chicago World's Fair
    ISCE News, Feb. 2012, Refereed, Not invited
  • "Popular Ethnology" of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893-a Historical Comparison of sol Bloom and Frederic Putnam-
    宗形 賢二
    Studies in International Relations, Feb. 2010, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Miscegenation and Racial Representaions in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever
    宗形賢二
    International Cultural Expression Studies, Mar. 2007, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Racial Representation of the Minorities and the Miscegenation in the American Films
    宗形賢二
    Studies in International Relations, Dec. 2006, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • シカゴ万博とOsaka Garden
    宗形賢二
    国際文化表現学会会報, Aug. 2005, Refereed, Not invited
  • 「リトル・エジプト」と19世紀末のエキゾティシズム
    宗形賢二
    国際文化表現学会会報, Aug. 2004, Refereed, Not invited
  • 1920s' Americanism and American "Smugness" in Babbitt
    宗形賢二
    Annual Report of the Researches of Nihon University., Feb. 2003, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Sinclair Lewis and the Nobel Prize: Swedish Views of American Literature in the 1920s
    The Japan Society for Culture in English, 2002, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Racial and Sexual Representations of Asians: Acritical Reevaluation of Asianess" in Miss Saigon
    宗形賢二
    Studies in International Relations, Dec. 2001, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Cultural Representations and Orientalism-the "Butterfly Image" in the Light of E. W. Said's Cultural Studies-
    Studies in International Relations (Commemorative Edition for the Foundation of the Department of Global Exchange Studies), Dec. 1999, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • "Orientalism"at the Turn of the 19th Century -Madame Butterfly and its original Author, John Luther Long-
    Studies in International Relations(Intercultural Relations), 1998, Not refereed, Not invited
  • On Theodore Dreiser's Style(1)-Style and Morality in ┣DBSister Carrie(/)-┫DB
    Annual Report of the Researches of Junior College, Mishima Campas, Nihon University., Feb. 1997, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • アメリカ世紀末の視線
    日本大学比較文化比較文学会会報, Nov. 1995, Refereed, Not invited
  • Theodore Dreiserの言語:「悪文」の効用
    英語表現研究(英語表現学会), Oct. 1995, Not refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • The Introduction of Symbolism in Japan ; About Ueda Bin and Kamabara Ariake
    Bulletin of Sano Women's Junior College, Mar. 1994, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • American Cities and the Effects of World Fairs on Consumers
    Bulletin of Sano Women's Junior College, 1994, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Utopia in the East and West : A Clue to the Utopian Literature in Japan
    Bulletin of Sano Women's Junior College, Mar. 1993, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Theodore Dreiser's City and Words--the Relation between"Desire"and"Code"--
    Bulletin of Sano Women's Junior College, Mar. 1992, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Naturalism in the Novels of Theodore Dreiser--┣DBJennie Gerhardt(/)-┫DB--
    Bulletin of Sano Women's Junior College, Mar. 1991, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • 午前6時。いま、きみのいる場所は。(現代アメリカ文学の流行について)
    学叢(日本大学文理学部), Mar. 1990, Refereed, Not invited
  • On the Early Short Stories of Theodore Dreiser
    Journal of English Language and Literature, Mar. 1988, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • The Comparison of Two Sister Carries of 1900 and 1981
    Journal of English Language and Literature, Mar. 1987, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • 二人のキャリー:1900年と1981年
    英文学論叢, 1987, Not refereed, Not invited
  • On the Nature and Femininity in〈Jennie Gerhardt〉of Theodore Dreiser
    Journal of English Language and Literature, Mar. 1985, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • On the Dream Depicted in ┣DBSister Carrie(/)-┫DB
    Journal of English Language and Literature, Mar. 1984, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead

MISC

  • Book review of NUCLEAR MONSTERS TRANSCENDING BORDERS edited by Toshiko Ikeda
    MUNAKATA Kenji
    Journal of Comparative Literature, 31 Mar. 2020, Not refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • World's Exhibitions and Oriental Dances at the End of the 19th Century
    Kenji Munakata
    The Proceeding of the 88th General Meeting of the Englishi Literay Society of Japan, 16 Sep. 2016, Not refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Femicide and Machismo in Ciudas Juarez
    Munakata; Kenji
    日本大学国際関係学部生活科学研究所報告第37号, 01 Mar. 2015, Refereed, Not invited

Books and other publications

  • ★Media and Imperialism: Cultural Studies of the Turn of the 19th Century of America
    Joint work, 19-47, MUNAKATA Kenji
    Takanashi, Dec. 2021
  • ★Early Novels of Dreiser at the Turn of the 19th Century of America
    Single work, 1-245, MUNAKATA Kenji
    Kyoyu, Nov. 2021
  • ★Media and Imperialism
    MUNAKATA Kenji, Joint work, 19-47, MUNAKATA Kenji
    Takanashi, Mar. 2021
  • ★英米文学に見る検閲と発禁
    宗形賢二, Contributor, 217-242, 宗形賢二
    彩流社, Jul. 2016, Not refereed
  • ★USA Today in the Films: Obama's Day
    宗形賢二, Joint work, 228-246, 宗形賢二
    Akashi, Apr. 2015, Not refereed
    9784750341804
  • Encyclepedia of North American Culture
    Ed. by The; Japan; Society for Culture in English, Contributor, 宗教関係用語(280, 281, 282, 283, 287, 290, 297, 300-01, 308, 310, 311, 314-15, 315-16, 319), Ed. by The Japan Society for Culture in English
    日本英語文化学会発行(オメガ印刷), Mar. 2014, Not refereed
    9784990752606
  • "On the Nobel Prize for Literature of Sinclair Lewis: Why did not Dreiser Win the Prize?" The Study of Culture of English
    Kenji Munakata, Joint work, 181-194, Kenji Munakata
    Seibido, Sep. 2013, Not refereed
    9784791954964
  • 『9.11とアメリカ:映画にみる現代社会と文化』
    越智道雄; 小澤奈美恵; 塩谷幸子, Joint work, 129-152, 346-7, 355, 359, 363, 越智道雄・小澤奈美恵・塩谷幸子
    鳳書房, Sep. 2008, Not refereed
  • "Sexual Politics in the Representations of Madame Butterfly" The World of Comparative Literature
    秋山正幸; 榎本義子, Joint work, 156-178, 秋山正幸、榎本義子
    Nannundo, Aug. 2005, Not refereed
  • 『1920年代:ローリング・トウェンティーズの光と影』
    宗形賢二, Joint work, 102-116, 224-7, 338-339, 宗形賢二
    金星堂, May 2004, Not refereed
  • "African American Exoticism: A Black Representation in Paris in 1920s" New Intellectual Prospects: Cross-disciplinary Approaches
    秋山正幸, Joint work, 233-258, 秋山正幸
    Nannundo, Mar. 2003, Not refereed
  • English and Japanese Dictionary
    末永國明; 他47名, Contributor, 264項目:bovine-Brazilianまで64項目, pas-peatまで 115項目, unmade-unrulyまで85項目
    Buneido, Nov. 2001
  • "Exoticism and Japonism-Representations of Madame Butterfly and John Luther Long" -Horizons of Comparative Literature : East-West Contacts-
    秋山正幸, Joint work, 143-178, 秋山正幸 他
    Jichosha, Jul. 2000, Not refereed
  • Dreiser's Theathrical City-Sister Carrie-and the Temptation of the Show Windows
    安藤重和, Joint work, 141-162, 安藤重和 他
    Kokusho-Kankokai, Mar. 1996, Not refereed

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • What an Actress is ーTheodore Dreiser and Theatrical Space in 1890s
    MUNAKATA Kenji
    日本英語文化学会, Dec. 2021
  • American Plays and Censorship in the Early 20th Century
    MUNAKATA Kenji
    The Association of English Literature and Language of Nihon University in 2018, Dec. 2018, 日本英文学会, Not invited
  • 交差するまなざし ― 外国(人)が見つけた日本、日本(人)が見つけた日本をめぐって―
    英米文化学会 第36回大会 シンポジウム, Sep. 2018, 英米文化学会, Not invited
  • Marriage System at the Turn of the 19th Century of the USA: James to Dreiser
    国際文化表現学会大14回大会, May 2018, THe Intenational Society for Cultrual Expression, Not invited
  • Censorship of the Popular Staeges and Olga Nethersole in New York in 1900
    国際文化表現学会東京研究会, Dec. 2017, The international Society for Cultural Expression, Not invited
  • World's Exhibitions and Oriental Dances at the End of the 19th Century
    Kenji Munakata
    The General Meeting of The English Literay Society of Japan, May 2016, The English Literay Society of Japan, Not invited
  • 日本における『チート』の受容について
    国際文化表現学会第11回大会, May 2015, Not invited
  • Representation of "Little Egypt" and Censorship at the Turn of the 19th Century of America
    日本アメリカ文学会東京支部, Jan. 2014, Not invited
  • "Japanese" Acceptance of Sessue Hayakawa and The Cheat
    Tokyo Meeting of The International Society of Cultural Expression, Dec. 2013, The International Society of Cultural Expression, Not invited
  • On "The Danse Du Ventre" by Ida C.Craddock
    The 16th annual conferenace of the Japan Society for Culture in English, Sep. 2013, 日本英語文化学会, Not invited
  • Mass Media and Nulear Reperesentaions in Fukushima
    松岡直美、植竹大輔、安元隆子、齋藤伸
    国際文化表現学会東京研究会, Dec. 2012, The International Society for Cultural Expression, Not invited
  • The Social Backgroud of Comostock's Crusade in 1872
    The Society of English Literature and Language at Nihon University, Dec. 2011, Not invited
  • アメリカ演劇における<異端>の表象 ―『M.バタフライ』とオリエンタリズム―
    日本大学英文学会9月例会シンポジウム, Sep. 2009, Not invited
  • "Little Egypt" in teh Chicago World's Fair in 1893 and Sexuality in the Age of Consumption
    27th Anual Conference, Sep. 2009, The Society of English Studies, Not invited
  • 階級社会のリプロダクション:コムストック法とドライサーの発禁小説について
    宗形賢二
    国際文化表現学会, May 2009, Not invited
  • 19世紀転換期アメリカのリプロダクションと検閲: コムストック・サンガー・ドライサー
    宗形賢二
    英米文化学会, Sep. 2008
  • 19世紀転換期アメリカのリプロダクションと検閲:コムストック・サンガー・ドライサー
    宗形賢二
    英米文化学会, Sep. 2008, Not invited
  • 19世紀転換期アメリカのパフォーミング・アーツ―異国趣味とセクシャリティをめぐって―
    宗形賢二
    日本比較文学会東京支部例会, Sep. 2007, Not invited
  • ドライサーとアラビア・イメージ
    宗形賢二
    日本比較文学会全国大会, Jun. 2006, Not invited
  • 19世紀転換期の女優と自己実現 ―Sister Carrieの場合―
    宗形賢二
    日本大学英文学会, Sep. 2004, Not invited
  • 「野生のダンス」と黒い身体の衝撃
    宗形賢二
    英米文化学会, Nov. 2003, Not invited
  • Dreiser and Orientalism in the Theater at the Turn of the Century
    宗形賢二
    American Literature Association, Jun. 2003, Not invited
  • Madame Butterflyの表象:Miss Saigonのアジア性をめぐって
    宗形賢二
    日本大学比較文化・比較文学会第12回大会, Dec. 1999, Not invited
  • ドライサー文学のジェンダー研究
    宗形賢二
    日本大学英文学会, Nov. 1996, Not invited
  • An American TragedyにおけるGender/ Sexuality
    宗形賢二
    日本大学英文学会学術研究発表会, Nov. 1996, Not invited
  • アメリカ世紀末の視線
    宗形賢二
    日本大学比較文化・比較文学会会報, Nov. 1995, Not invited
  • Theodore Dreiserの言語:「悪文」の効用
    宗形賢二
    日本英語表現学会, Jun. 1995, Not invited
  • The Process of Commodification in Sister Carrie
    第33回日本アメリカ文学会全国大会, Oct. 1994, Not invited
  • 日本における象微主義序論;上田敏と蒲原有明について
    佐野女子短期大学研究紀要, Mar. 1994, Not invited
  • Maggieの街、Carrieの都市 Theatricalということ
    宗形賢二
    日本大学英文学会, May 1993, Not invited
  • アメリカ文学にみる女性像―Theodore Dreiserの場合
    宗形賢二
    日本大学英文学会, Sep. 1988, Not invited
  • Theodore DreiserのSister Carrie新版をどう読むか
    宗形賢二
    日本大学英文学会, Apr. 1986, Not invited
  • An American Tragedyにおける悲劇の構造
    宗形賢二
    日本大学英文学会, Apr. 1985, Not invited
  • Jennie Gerhardt:アウトサイダーとしての自然
    宗形賢二
    日本大学英文学会, Jul. 1984, Not invited
  • Sister Carrie における人間性回復の契機
    宗形賢二
    日本大学英文学会, Apr. 1983, Not invited

Affiliated academic society

  • Apr. 2013 - Present
    The Thoreau Society of Japan
  • Apr. 1989 - Mar. 2016
    日本ナサニエル・ホーソーン協会
  • 日本大学英文学会
  • American Comparative Literature Association
  • International Dreiser Society
  • Modern Language Association
  • 英米文化学会
  • 英語文化学会
  • Internatioanal society of Cultural Expression
  • 日本英文学会
  • 日本アメリカ文学会
  • 日本比較文学会

Research Request Themes

  • 1.1893 Chicago World's Fair and Eastern Asia 2.Tobaccos, Cigarettes and Arabic Images in the U.S.A., This research is how arabic images were made in the tabacco industry in the U.S.A., commisioned research

Research Themes

  • 20世紀初頭アメリカにおける日系人の社会文化史的考察
    Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2015

Social Contribution Activities

  • NHK「問題な条文」取材協力
    coverage_cooperation
    NHK・NHKエデュケーショナル・TBSスパークル, NHK特番「問題な条文」, 11 Feb. 2020 - Present
  • 2018 Mishiam Continuing Education: Godzilla between Japan and the U. S. A.
    lecturer
    三島市教育委員会, 03 Aug. 2018 - Present
  • 平成28年度みしま教養セミナー「文学の20世紀」
    lecturer
    03 Aug. 2016 - Present
  • 市民公開講座(平成27年度日本大学国際関係学部)
    appearance
    14 Oct. 2015 - Present
  • 静岡県「三島市民環境大学」
    appearance
    25 Oct. 2006 - Present
  • 静岡県長泉町図書館 歴史・文化講座
    appearance
    18 Oct. 2006 - Present
  • International society of Cultural Expression
    organizing_member
    Nov. 2004 - Present
  • 日本比較文学会東京支部幹事
    organizing_member
    30 Jun. 2015 - 30 Jun. 2019
  • 日本英語文化学会編集委員
    informant
    Apr. 2006 - 31 Mar. 2016
  • 市民公開講座「見つめなおそう日本の文化」第1回「『マダムj・バタフライ』とオリエンタリズム」
    lecturer
    Nihon University, College of International Relations, 日本大学国際関係学部, 28 Sep. 2004

Others

  • 栗田俳句英訳集「英訳:栗田やすし百句」1
    2004 - Present
  • 栗田俳句英訳集「英訳:栗田やすし百句」2
    2004 - Present
  • 栗田俳句英訳集「英訳:栗田やすし百句」3
    2004 - Present
  • 『アメリカの見たゴジラ、日本の見たゴジラーNUCLEAR MONSTERS TRANSCENDING BORDERSー』書評
    31 Mar. 2020 - 31 Mar. 2020
  • English Textbooks and Numazu Military Academy
    Oct. 2014
  • 栗田俳句英訳集「英訳...
    2004 - 2004
  • 栗田俳句英訳集「英訳...
    2004 - 2004
  • 栗田俳句英訳集「英訳...
    2004 - 2004