This anthology critically re-examines and re-articulates the discursive boundary that binds the region called East Asia in order to produce Trans-Pacific Studies. Recognizing that the creation of regional boundaries depends on a new configuration of both inter- and intra-national power relations and the ideological constructs that generate historical, ideological, and cultural effects, this volume proposes that the term “trans-Pacific” be mobilized to complicate the phrase “East Asian” as the boundary of academic discipline and socio-cultural discourse. The anthology also examines the historical conditions under which “East Asia” was constructed as an area and the trans-Pacific directives that nurtured the sense of nationality in each component nation of East Asia.With the contribution of: Sun Ge (The Institute of Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

Soyoung Kim (Korean National University of Arts)

Hyoduk Lee (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

Jie-Hyun Lim (Hanyang University)

Lisa Lowe (University of California)

Tessa Morris-Suzuki (The Australian National University)

Naoki Sakai (Cornell University), Yuko Shibata (Saint John's University)

Annmaria Shimabuku (University of California)

Ikuo Shinjou (University of the Ryukyus)

Hyon Joo Yoo (University of Vermont).