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The Boundaries of 'the Japanese': Volume 1: Okinawa 1818-1972 - Inclusion and Exclusion
Contributor(s): Stickland, Leonie R. (Author), Oguma, Eiji (Author)
ISBN: 1920901426     ISBN-13: 9781920901424
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
OUR PRICE:   $35.96  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | International
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
- History | Asia - Southeast Asia
Dewey: 341.42
LCCN: 2014453219
Series: Japanese Society
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (1.40 lbs) 430 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Southeast Asian
 
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The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have operated for centuries in the island chain that constitutes Japan's southernmost prefecture, Okinawa - otherwise known as the Ryukyu Islands. Are the people of Okinawa 'Japanese' or not 'Japanese'? Answers to this puzzling question are explored in this richly-detailed volume, written by one of Japan's foremost public intellectuals, historical sociologist Eiji Oguma. Here, Oguma addresses issues of Okinawan sovereignty and its people's changing historical, cultural, and linguistic identity, over more than 150 years until its 1972 reversion to Japanese control, following its administration by the US from the end of the Pacific War. (Series: Japanese Society) Subject: Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Asian Studies, Japanese Studies, Cultural Studies, History]