The Okinawan Diaspora in Japan
Crossing the Borders Within
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20008856 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steve Rabson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 312 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Okinawan diaspora in Japan (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.21313/hawaii/9780824835347.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2257621136 |
| Open Library | OL25054663M |
| ISBN | 9780824835347 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
The experiences of Okinawans in mainland Japan, like those of migrant minorities elsewhere, derive from a legacy of colonialism, war, and alien rule. Okinawans have long coped with a society in which differences are often considered “strange” or “wrong,” and with a central government that has imposed a mono-cultural standard in education, publicly priding itself on the nation's mythical “homogeneity.” They have felt strong pressures to assimilate by adopting mainland Japanese culture and concealing or discarding their own. Recently, however, a growing pride in roots has inspired more Okinawan migrants and their descendants to embrace their own history and culture and to speak out against inequities. Their experiences, like those of minorities in other countries, have opened them to an acute and illuminating perspective, given voice in personal testimony, literature, and song. Although much has been written on Okinawan emigration abroad, this is the first book in English to consider the Okinawan diaspora in Japan. It begins with the experiences of women who worked in Osaka's spinning factories in the early twentieth century, covers the years of the Pacific War and the prolonged U.S. military occupation of Okinawa, and finally treats the period following Okinawa's reversion to Japan in 1972. Throughout, it examines the impact of government and corporate policies, along with popular attitudes, for a compelling account of the Okinawan diaspora in the context of contemporary Japan's struggle to acknowledge its multiethnic society
Alien · Citizenship · Colonialism · Context (archaeology) · Diaspora · Economic history · Emigration · Government (linguistics) · Immigration · Mainland · Political science · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · 20th century · Internal Migration · Japan · Kansai Region · Migration, internal · Ryukyuans
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,62 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |