Transnational Identities on Okinawa’s Military Bases: Invisible Armies

Zulueta, Johanna O.

This book considers the role of civilian workers on U.S. bases in Okinawa, Japan and how transnational movements within East Asia during the Occupation period brought foreign workers, mostly from the Philippines, to work on these bases. Decades later, in a seeming “reproduction of base labour”, returnees of both Okinawan and Philippine heritage began occupying jobs on base as United States of Japan (USFJ) employees. The book investigates the role that ethnicity, nationality, and capital play in the lives of these base employees, and at the same time examines how Japanese and Okinawan identity/ies are formed and challenged. It offers a valuable resource for those interested in Japan and Okinawa, U.S. military basing, migration, and mixed ethnicities.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2019-10-15

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9789813297869

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-32-9787-6

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 129