Rethinking Postwar Okinawa: Beyond American Occupation - Couverture souple

IACOBELLI, PEDRO; MATSUDA, HIROKO

 
9781498533133: Rethinking Postwar Okinawa: Beyond American Occupation
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1498533132 ISBN 13 : 9781498533133
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2019

Synopsis

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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À propos des auteurs

Pedro Iacobelli is assistant professor in the Institute of History at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Hiroko Matsuda is associate professor in the Department of Contemporary Social Studies at Kobe Gakuin University.

Shinnosuke Takahashi is lecturer in the Asian Languages and Cultures Program at Victoria University of Wellington.

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Éditeur
Lexington Books
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1498533132
ISBN 13 
9781498533133
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
212
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781498533119: Rethinking Postwar Okinawa: Beyond American Occupation

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ISBN 10 :  1498533116 ISBN 13 :  9781498533119
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2017
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