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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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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Keywords
- 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
Authors and Affiliations
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Soka University, Hachioji City, Japan
Johanna O. Zulueta
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transnational Identities on Okinawa’s Military Bases
Book Subtitle: Invisible Armies
Authors: Johanna O. Zulueta
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9787-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9786-9Published: 15 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9789-0Published: 15 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-32-9787-6Published: 27 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 129
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Migration, Military and Defence Studies, History of Japan