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The Okinawan Diaspora in Japan
Language: en
Pages: 330
Authors: Steve Rabson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-31 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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The experiences of Okinawans in mainland Japan, like those of migrant minorities elsewhere, derive from a legacy of colonialism, war, and alien rule. Okinawans
Okinawan Diaspora
Language: en
Pages: 220
Authors: Ronald Y. Nakasone
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-02-28 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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The first Okinawan immigrants arrived in Honolulu in January 1900 to work as contract laborers on Hawai'i's sugar plantations. Over time Okinawans would continu
Embodying Belonging
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: Taku Suzuki
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-30 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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Embodying Belonging is the first full-length study of a Okinawan diasporic community in South America and Japan. Under extraordinary conditions throughout the t
Southern Exposure
Language: en
Pages: 380
Authors: Michael Molasky
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-08-01 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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Southern Exposure is the first anthology of Okinawan literature to appear in English translation, and it appears at a propitious time. Although Okinawa Prefectu
Islands of Discontent
Language: en
Pages: 334
Authors: Laura Elizabeth Hein
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Exploring contemporary Okinawan culture, politics, and historical memory, this book argues that the long Japanese tradition of defining Okinawa as a subordinate