Cultural reflections : papers from the project contact literature in cross-national perspective

For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/These papers deal with the relations between culture and literature, and with cultural resonances between East and West. Moreover, almost all of the contributions show something of the complicated processes of social change which were set in motion during the colonial period and which are still reflected in the literature of many modern independent nations. The critics here, and the writers they discuss, are particular examples of the meeting of Occidental and Oriental traditions. The papers were written in 1981 by participants associated with the Contact Literature Project of the Culture Learning Institute at the East-West Center, Honolulu. It is hoped that these essays will serve to give the reader an idea not only of the theoretical questions relating to this approach to literary studies, but also a fair sample of the possibilities for creative investigation in this field. This collection of occasional papers, therefore, makes no claim to offer the last word on the various topics treated. In many ways, the reader should regard it as 'work-in-progress'.The sense of self: changes in the role of Korean women as reflected in modern Korean drama / Jung-Soon Shim -- Culture learning through literature: the uses of fakes / Paul Sharrad -- Iwan Simatupang and cross-cultural influences / Pamela McCall -- The modernization of a poetic tradition: some problems and perspectives / Wimal Dissanayake -- Arun Joshi's "The Foreigner": the protagonist in search of meaning / Tina Shettigara -- Cold cultural curry: Anthony Burgess's "Malayan Trilogy" / Michael Duffett -- Socio-cultural aspects of two South Indian novels: R.K. Narayan's "The Painter of Signs" and Kannadhasan's "Civappukkal Mukkutti" / Sathya Jagadeswari -- The more we read: contact literature and the reader / Ronald Blaber -- For better or for worse: U.S. films on the international scene / Ruth Vasey -- America in Vietnam: some literary responses / Andrew McCullough

A new kind of sugar : tourism in the Pacific

For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/The essays in this volume were all presented at a workshop held in Honolulu in May 1974 and jointly sponsored by the Culture Learning Institute and the Technology and Development Institute of the East-West Center. The premise upon which the workshop was based was that there must be a local capability for planning tourism development if island governments are to be able to channel the growth of tourism so that it provides maximum net economic, social and cultural benefits for the island populations.South Pacific economies and tourism / Cort Kloke -- The social impact of tourism: a challenge to researchers and planners / Morris Fox -- The honest broker in the cultural marketplace / James E. Ritchie -- The Tahitian economy and tourism / Claude Robineau -- Cultural impact of tourism with particular reference to the Cook Islands / George Cowan -- Rarotonga Airport: a preliminary view of the possible balance sheet / Tony LeFevre -- Tourism: "who gets what from tourists?" / Tony LeFevre -- Crumbs from the table? The workers' share in tourism / John Samy -- Tourism and the artifact industry in Papua New Guinea / Ronald J. May -- Micronesia tastes tourism / Mike Ashman -- Tourism and quality growth in the Pacific Area / Shelley M. Mark -- Research for tourism in the Hawaii Visitors Bureau / John Simpson -- Planning for tourism on the Island of Hawaii: an overview / Donald Tong -- Planning for tourism on the Island of Hawaii: the effects of tourism on historical sites and culture / Virginia Goldstein -- Planning for tourism on the Island of Hawaii: the effects of tourism on natural resources, natural beauty and recreation / Lynette Roy -- A new kind of sugar / Noel Kent -- A new sun in North Kohala / Lawrence Fukunaga -- The Polynesian Cultural Center / Max Stanton -- The organization and marketing of tourism / Herbert L. Hiller -- Physical planning for tourism development / Edward L. Inskeep -- Education for tourism / Manuel S. Alb

Directory of language planning organizations

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Plural languages, plural cultures : communication, identity, and sociopolitical change in contemporary India

"An East-West Center book from the East-West Culture Learning Institute"For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/This study treats of the language scene in South Asia. In particular, it reviews the tribulations of tile Indian polity over various issues pertaining to language in the context of cultural pluralism during the past three decades. Part One "Sociolinguistic Realities" stresses the 'organic' features of communication and identity in plurilingual societies. Part Two "Challenges of Change" probes certain specific issues which plural speech communities face in meeting the demands of contemporary ideologies, institutions, and technology.PART ONE: SOCIOLINGUISTIC REALITIES. 1. Language in a plural society -- 2. Language modernization -- 3. Language manipulation -- 4. Language-promotion activities -- PART TWO: CHALLENGES OF CHANGE. 5. Plural speech communities -- 6. Language ideology in education -- 7. Pressures from language elites -- 8. Directions of language planning -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Languages used as media

The place of literature in the teaching of English as a second or foreign language

"An East-West Center book from the East-West Culture Learning Institute"For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/1. Issues and assumptions -- 2. The role of English in the nation and in the schools -- 3. Teaching the native literature -- 4. The teaching of literature in foreign-language classes -- 5. Factors influencing the teaching of literature in the Foreign-language curriculum -- 6. What literature to teach: principles of selection and class treatment

Reference list, 1970-1979 : East-West Culture Learning Institute, East-West Center

For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/This working bibliography lists products resulting from research conducted during the first nine years of the Institute, and includes books, articles, working papers, dissertations, and non-print media. Words following asterisks are descriptors which will be utilized for indexing future editions

References for students of language planning

For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/One of the main purposes of this open-ended work is to make available to students of language planning references which might otherwise be difficult to identify and to provide them with an orientation to the existing English language literature. This at least is to provide a starting point to the existing literature.1. Introduction to planning -- 2. Theory of language planning -- 3. Discipline of language planning -- 4. Relationship of language planning and linguistics -- 5. Language planning bibliographies -- 6. Planning the language corpus: general -- 7. Planning the language corpus: purposes -- 8. Planning the language corpus: linguistic aspects -- 9. Allocating language use: general -- 10. Allocating language use: purposes -- 11. Logistics: who does language planning -- 12. Logistics: how is language planning done -- 13. Logistics: providing information and feedback for language planning (evaluation) -- 14. Language planning in some countries