Rethinking postwar Okinawa: beyond American occupation
by Iacobelli, Pedro Matsuda, Hiroko
This edited volume presents the latest multidisciplinary research that delves into developments related to contemporary Okinawa (a.k.a Ryukyu Islands), and also engages with contemporary debates on American hegemony and Empire in a larger geographical context. Okinawa, long viewed as a marginalized territory in larger historical processes, has been characterized solely by the U.S. military presence in the islands, despite having embraced a multiplicity of social and cultural transformations sin…
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- Full title :Rethinking postwar Okinawa : beyond American occupation / edited by Hiroko Matsuda and Pedro Iacobelli.
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This edited volume presents the latest multidisciplinary research that delves into developments related to contemporary Okinawa (a.k.a Ryukyu Islands), and also engages with contemporary debates on American hegemony and Empire in a larger geographical context. Okinawa, long viewed as a marginalized territory in larger historical processes, has been characterized solely by the U.S. military presence in the islands, despite having embraced a multiplicity of social and cultural transformations since the end of the Pacific War. In this timely academic revision of Okinawa, occurring at the time of numerous debates over the building of yet another military base in the island, this volume's contributors tell a story that situates Okinawa in the context of other militarized territories and thus, goes beyond the limits of Okinawa prefecture. Indeed, the book examines the ways in which studies on Okinawa have evolved, moving away from the direct problems brought by the establishment of foreign military bases. Previous studies have explicated how Okinawa has fallen prey to power politics of more dominant nations. In expanding on these themes, this volume examines the unique social and cultural dynamics of Okinawa and its people that had never been intended by the political authorities.
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- Publication Date:2017
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Lexington Books
- Place of Publication:Lanham, MD
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017
The Physical Object
- Description:xv, 195 Seiten : : Illustration
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781498533119, 1498533116
- oclc:on1024097428
- LC Classification:DS894.99.O3785
- Dewey Decimal:355.009
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