Transnational Identities on Okinawa’s Military Bases: Invisible Armies

Transnational Identities on Okinawa’s Military Bases: Invisible Armies
ISBN-10
9813297875
ISBN-13
9789813297876
Category
Social Science
Pages
129
Language
English
Published
2019-09-27
Publisher
Springer Nature
Author
Johanna O. Zulueta

Description

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.

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