Okinawa and the U.S. Military : : Identity Making in the Age of Globalization / / Masamichi Inoue.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | With a new preface |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 27 illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Rape Incident and the Predicaments of Okinawan Identity
- 3. Reduced to Culture without Politics and History
- 4. "We Are Okinawans of a Different Kind"
- 5. "We Are Okinawans"
- 6. Nago City Referendum
- 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