Transnational Identities on Okinawa's Military Bases

Invisible Armies
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-981-329-786-9
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 129 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

This book considers the role of civilian workers on U.S. bases in Okinawa, Japan and how transnational movements within East Asia during the Occupation period brought foreign workers, mostly from the Philippines, to work on these bases. Decades later, in a seeming “reproduction of base labour”, returnees of both Okinawan and Philippine heritage began occupying jobs on base as United States of Japan (USFJ) employees. The book investigates the role that ethnicity, nationality, and capital play in the lives of these base employees, and at the same time examines how Japanese and Okinawan identity/ies are formed and challenged. It offers a valuable resource for those interested in Japan and Okinawa, U.S. military basing, migration, and mixed ethnicities.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zulueta, Johanna O.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Kultureller Wandel, Kulturkontakt, Akkulturation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Behind the Barbed Wire Fence.- Military Bases in East Asia: The Case of Okinawa.- Transnational Movements During the Occupation of Okinawa: Third Country Nationals and the U.S. Bases.- The “Other” Mixed Race: The Nisei in Perspective.- The Return to Okinawa: Capital, Networks, Mobility.- The Other Army: United States Forces in Japan Employees in Okinawa.- “Home is where the Heart is?” An Invisible Minority.- Future Trajectories: A Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Johanna O. Zulueta is Associate Professor of Sociology at Soka University in Japan. Her main research area is migration in East Asia, examining issues related to ethnicity, gender, home, and aging. She is editor of Thinking Beyond the State: Migration, Integration, and Citizenship in Japan and the Philippines (2018).