Islands of Discontent Okinawan Responses to

Examining contemporary Okinawan culture, politics, and historical memory, this book traces the dynamic reconstruction and reframing of Okinawan identity. The contributors explore the cultural and political expression that has flowered in the past decade w

Laura Hein is associate professor of history at Northwestern University Mark Selden is professor of sociology and history at Binghamton University and professorial associate in the East Asia Program at Cornell University

Culture, Power, and Identity in Contemporary Okinawa

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Laura Hein

Mark Selden

Part I. Making Sense of the Past

Wolves at the Back Door: Remembering the Kumejima Massacres

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Matthew Allen

Waging Peace on Okinawa

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Gerald Figal

Memories of Okinawa: Life and Times in the Greater Osaka Diaspora

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Steve Rabson

The Rape of a Schoolgirl: Discourses of Power and Women's Lives in Okinawa

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Linda Isako Angst

Part II. Contemporary Culture, Identity, Resistance

Medoruma Shun: The Writer as Public Intellectual in Okinawa Today

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Michael Molasky

Uchina Pop: Place and Identity in Contemporary Okinawan Popular Music

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James E. Roberson

Okinawan Identity and Resistance to Militarization and Maldevelopment

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Asato Eiko

Future ``Assets,'' but at What Price? The Okinawa Initiative Debate

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Julia Yonetani

From the National Gaze to Multiple Gazes: Representations of Okinawa in Recent Japanese Cinema

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Aaron Gerow

Index

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About the Contributors

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Islands of Discontent Okinawan Responses to Japanese and American Power

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