Nationalism and the Political Body: The Case of Hawai‘i's Second-generation Japanese American Baseball Players

本研究考虑活跃于棒球圈的第二代夏威夷日裔政治团体，以及他们身分认同形成的过程。在我的田野调查中，我收集了有关这些在第二次世界大战期间在太平洋地区打球的第二代球员的资料。更具体地说，我收集了来自日本、夏威夷和美国大陆的报纸、杂志、书籍、个人笔记、生活故事和小册子等历史资料。考虑到收集到的材料，我讨论了第二代玩家渴望通过模仿对方的游戏风格（夏威夷，日本和美国大陆）来融入其中的程度，尽管保留了他们的民族或种族个性，同时（重新）产生了微妙的变化和差异。这项研究的一部分已经在学术会议和研讨会上提出；未来，我打算将这些结果出版成书，面向大众，而不仅仅是学术界。

This research considers the political body of the second-generation Japanese Hawaiians active in the baseball scene and the processes that went into forming their identities. In my fieldwork, I collected materials relating to these second-generation players who played in areas across the Pacific Ocean during the Second World War. More specifically, I have made a comprehensive collection of historical materials such as newspapers, magazines, books, personal notes, life stories, and pamphlets from Japan, Hawaii, and the US mainland. On considering the collected materials, I discussed the extent to which the second-generation players aspire to blend in by emulating opposing playing styles (Hawaii, Japan, and the US mainland), although retaining their national or ethnic individuality and simultaneously (re)producing subtle variations and differences. Part of this research has already been presented at academic conferences and seminars; in the future, I intend to publish the results in a book for the general public rather than only for the academic community.