Embodying Belonging: Racializing Okinawan Diaspora in Bolivia and Japan 9780824860547

Embodying Belonging is the first full-length study of a Okinawan diasporic community in South America and Japan. Under e

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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Racializing Culture and Class in a Transnational Field
[ 1 ] Modern Okinawan Transnationality: Colonialism, Diaspora, and “Return”
[ 2 ] The Making of Patrones Japonesas and Dekasegi Migrants
[ 3 ] From Patrón to Nikkei-jin Rōdōsha: Class Transformations
[ 4 ] Educating “Good” Nikkei and Okinawan Subjects
[ 5 ] Gendering Transnationality: Marriage, Family, and Dekasegi
Conclusion: Embodiment of Local Belonging
Notes
Glossary
References
Index
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