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Okinawa and the U.S. military : identity making in the Age of Globalization /

In 1995, an Okinawan schoolgirl was brutally raped by several U.S. servicemen. The incident triggered a chain of protests by women's groups, teachers' associations, labor unions, reformist political parties, and various grassroots organizations across Okinawa prefecture. Reaction to the cr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Inoue, Masamichi S., 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 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 SphereNotes; Chronology; References; Index.