Okinawan Diaspora 9780824844141
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Table of contents :
Contents
Note on Transliteration and Conventions
Preface
Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1. “An Impossible Possibility”
Chapter 2. Theorizing on the Okinawan Diaspora
Chapter 3. Okinawa in the Matrix of Pacific Ocean Culture
Part II Journeys
Chapter 4. The “Japanese” of Micronesia: Okinawans in the Nan’yō Islands
Chapter 5. “The Other Japanese”: Okinawan Immigrants to the Philippines, 1903 –1941
Chapter 6. Japanese Latin American Internment from an Okinawan Perspective
Chapter 7. Colonialism and Nationalism: The View from Okinawa
Chapter 8. Eissa: Identities and Dances of Okinawan Diasporic Experiences
Chapter 9. Hawai‘i Uchinanchu and Okinawa: Uchinanchu Spirit and the Formation of a Transnational Identity
Chapter 10. Agari-umaai: An Okinawan Pilgrimage
Appendix
Glossary
References
List of Contributors
Index
