Embodying Belonging : : Racializing Okinawan Diaspora in Bolivia and Japan /

Embodying Belonging : : Racializing Okinawan Diaspora in Bolivia and Japan / / Taku Suzuki.

Embodying Belonging is the first full-length study of a Okinawan diasporic community in South America and Japan. Under extraordinary conditions throughout the twentieth century (Imperial Japanese rule, the brutal Battle of Okinawa at the end of World War II, U.S. military occupation), Okinawans left...

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Suzuki, Taku,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 12 b&w images, 1 map, 3 figures
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Racializing Culture and Class in a Transnational Field
  • [ 1 ] Modern Okinawan Transnationality: Colonialism, Diaspora, and "Return"
  • [ 2 ] The Making of Patrones Japonesas and Dekasegi Migrants
  • [ 3 ] From Patrón to Nikkei-jin Rōdōsha: Class Transformations
  • [ 4 ] Educating "Good" Nikkei and Okinawan Subjects
  • [ 5 ] Gendering Transnationality: Marriage, Family, and Dekasegi
  • Conclusion: Embodiment of Local Belonging
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index
  • About The Author

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