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Okinawa and the U.S. Military: Identity Making in the Age of Globalization
Masamichi S. Inoue
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Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 462.
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 crime culminated in a rally attended by some 85,000 people, including business leaders and conservative politicians who had seldom raised their voices against the U.S. military presence. Using this event as a point of reference, Inoue explores how Okinawans began to regard themselves less as a group of uniformly poor and oppressed people and more as a confident, diverse, middle-class ... Read more
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 crime culminated in a rally attended by some 85,000 people, including business leaders and conservative politicians who had seldom raised their voices against the U.S. military presence. Using this event as a point of reference, Inoue explores how Okinawans began to regard themselves less as a group of uniformly poor and oppressed people and more as a confident, diverse, middle-class ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
462g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231138918
SKU
V9780231138918
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About Masamichi S. Inoue
Masamichi ( Marro ) S. Inoue received his Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Duke University and is assistant professor of the Japan Studies Program and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Kentucky. He has taught in the United States and Japan and has written extensively on the U.S. base problems in Okinawa ... Read more
Reviews for Okinawa and the U.S. Military: Identity Making in the Age of Globalization
The thoroughness of Inoue's scholarship is incontestable... Recommended. CHOICE A candid, introspective book... For those versed in anthropology and interested in Okinawa, this is an excellent read.
Arnold G. Fisch Jr. Army History An important addition to the existing studies of the contemporary popular struggle of Okinawa.
Miyume Tanji The International History Review Inoue has provided an inspired ... Read more
Arnold G. Fisch Jr. Army History An important addition to the existing studies of the contemporary popular struggle of Okinawa.
Miyume Tanji The International History Review Inoue has provided an inspired ... Read more