Identity and Resistance in Okinawa

by Matthew Allen

Book Overview

The keystone of U.S. security in East Asia, Okinawa is a troubled symbol of resistance and identity. In this perceptive ethnography, Matthew Allen draws on extensive fieldwork, interviews, and historical research to provide an original exploration of identity construction. The author argues that identity in Okinawa is multi-vocal, ambivalent, and still very much 'under construction.' With its interdisciplinary focus, anthropologists, sociologists,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742517152
• ISBN13: 9780742517158
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"