Shima:  The  International  Journal  of  Research  into  Island  Cultures

 

The first issue of  Shima is now online at: http://www.shimajournal.org/current.html

 

Contributions to future issues are invited.

 

Volume 1, Number 1:

 

An Introduction to Island Culture Studies

- The Shima Editorial Board

The Space of Shima

- Jun'ichiro Suwa

When Islands Create Languages - or - Why Do Language Research with Bonin [Ogasawara] Islanders?

- Daniel Long

One Foot on Either Side of the Chasm: Cape Breton Singer Mary Jane Lamond’s Gaelic Choice

- Heather Sparling

Te Wa: The Social Significance of the Traditional Canoes of Kiribati

- Tony Whincup

Mangyan Internal Refugees from Mindoro Island and the Spaces of Low-intensity Conflict in the Philippines

- Jonas Baes

Jersey: The Development of an Island Cultural Strategy

- Adam Riddell

Romance, Insularity and Representation: Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love and Hong Kong Cinema

- Giorgio Biancorosso