Transnational Identities on Okinawa’s Military Bases
Invisible Armies
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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Examines the role of civilian employees on US military bases in Okinawa Considers how mixed ethnicity and nationality affect the lives of base employees Highlights how transnational movements and migration impact on Japanese and Okinawan identity
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Johanna O. Zulueta
Themen in »Transnational Identities on Okinawa’s Military Bases«
Military Bases in Japan and Okinawa Migration in Japan and Okinawa Civilian Base Workers Third-Country Nationals or TCNs Filipino Workers in Japan and Okinawa American Occupation of Okinawa United States Forces in Japan (USFJ) Identity Formation in Japan and Okinawa Half-Japanese or “hafu” Citizenship in Japan