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Islands of Discontent
Okinawan Responses to Japanese and American Power
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2003
Summary
Exploring contemporary Okinawan culture, politics, and historical memory, this book argues that the long Japanese tradition of defining Okinawa as a subordinate and peripheral part of Japan means that all claims of Okinawan distinctiveness necessarily become part of the larger debate over contemporary identity. The contributors trace the renascence of the debate in the burst of cultural and political expression that has flowered in the past decade, with the rapid growth of local museums and memorials and the huge increase in popularity of distinctive Okinawan music and literature, as well as in political movements targeting both U.S. military bases and Japanese national policy on ecological, developmental, and equity grounds. A key strategy for claiming and shaping Okinawan identity is the mobilization of historical memory of the recent past, particularly of the violent subordination of Okinawan interests to those of the Japanese and American governments in war and occupation. Its intertwining themes of historical memory, nationality, ethnicity, and cultural conflict in contemporary society address central issues in anthropology, sociology, contemporary history, Asian Studies, international relations, cultural studies, and post-colonial studies.
Contributions by: Matt Allen, Linda Isako Angst, Asato Eiko, Gerald Figal, Aaron Gerow, Laura Hein, Michael Molasky, Steve Rabson, James E. Roberson, Mark Selden, and Julia Yonetani.
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Copyright year
2003
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-1865-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-3792-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
323
Product type
Edited Book
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1 Culture, Power, and Identity in Contemporary Okinawa Laura Hein and Mark Selden No access Pages 1 - 36
2 Wolves at the Back Door: Remembering the Kumejima Massacres Matthew Allen No access
3 Waging Peace on Okinawa Gerald Figal No access
4 Memories of Okinawa: Life and Times in the Greater Osaka Diaspora Steve Rabson No access
5 The Rape of a Schoolgirl: Discourses of Power and Women's Lives in Okinawa Linda Isako Angst No access
6 Medoruma Shun: The Writer as Public Intellectual in Okinawa Today Michael Molasky No access
7 Uchinā Pop: Place and Identity in Contemporary Okinawan Popular Music James E. Roberson No access
8 Okinawan Identity and Resistance to Militarization and Maldevelopment Asato Eiko No access
9 Future "Assets," but at What Price? The Okinawa Initiative Debate Julia Yonetani No access
10 From the National Gaze to Multiple Gazes: Representations of Okinawa in Recent Japanese Cinema Aaron Gerow No access
