Okinawa and the U.S. Military: Identity Making in the Age of Globalization
Author:   Masamichi S. Inoue
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Edition:   With a new preface
ISBN:  

9780231138901


Pages:   344
Publication Date:   17 April 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Masamichi S. Inoue
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
Edition:   With a new preface
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780231138901


ISBN 10:   0231138903
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   17 April 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.
Language:   English

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Preface to the 2017 Edition Acknowledgments Note on Japanese Names and Translations 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 Sphere Notes Chronology References Index

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The thoroughness of Inoue's scholarship is incontestable... Recommended. -- CHOICE A candid, introspective book... For those verse those versed in anthropology and interested in Okinawa, this is an excellent read. -- Arnold G. Fisch Jr., Army History An important addition to the existing studies of the contemporary popular struggle of Okinawa. -- Miyume Tanji, The International History Review


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Masamichi (""Marro"") S. Inoue received his Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Duke University and is assistant professor of the Japan Studies Program and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Kentucky. He has taught in the United States and Japan and has written extensively on the U.S. base problems in Okinawa in both English and Japanese.

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