Okinawa and the U.S. military : identity making in the age of globalization / Masamichi S. Inoue
- Bib ID:
- 3987557
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Inoue, Masamichi S., 1962-
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- New York : Columbia University Press, 2007
- xiii, 296 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780231138901
- 0231138903
- 0231511140
- Summary:
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"In 1995, an Okinawan schoolgirl was brutally raped by several U.S. servicemen. Using this event as a point of reference, Masamichi S. Inoue explores how Okinawans began to regard themselves less as a group of uniformly poor and oppressed people and more as a confident, diverse, middle-class citizenry embracing the ideals of democracy, human rights, and women's equality. As this identity of resistance has grown, however, the Japanese government has simultaneously worked to subvert it, pressuring Okinawans to support a continued U.S. presence. Inoue traces these developments as well, revealing the ways in which Tokyo has assisted the United States in implementing a system of governance that continues to expand through the full participation and cooperation of residents." "This volume is a nuanced portrait of the impact of Japanese colonialism, World War II, and U.S. military bases on the formation of contemporary Okinawan identity."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. The rape incident and the predicaments of Okinawan identity
- 3. Reduced to culture without politics and history : a critique of modern Okinawan studies
- 4. "We are Okinawans of a different kind" : Henoko history, Camp Schwab, and working-class ideology of difference
- 5. "We are Okinawans" : local identity in a global perspective
- 6. Nago City referendum : constructing Okinawan citizenship
- 7. The Nago City mayoral election and the changing tide of Okinawan resistance
- 8. Conclusion : anthropologists as the third person, anthropology in the global public square.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Military bases, American -- Japan -- Okinawa-ken -- Public opinion
- Nationalism -- Japan -- Okinawa-ken
- Military offenses -- Japan -- Okinawa-ken
- Okinawa-ken (Japan) -- Politics and government
- Okinawa-ken (Japan) -- Social life and customs
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Social aspects -- Japan -- Okinawa-ken
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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