Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Transliteration and Conventions ix
4. Preface xi
5. Part I. Introduction
6. Chapter 1. “An Impossible Possibility” 3
7. Chapter 2. Theorizing on the Okinawan Diaspora 26
8. Chapter 3. Okinawa in the Matrix of Pacific Ocean Culture 44
9. Part II Journeys
10. Chapter 4. The “Japanese” of Micronesia: Okinawans in the Nan’yō Islands 57
11. Chapter 5. “The Other Japanese”: Okinawan Immigrants to the Philippines, 1903 –1941 71
12. Chapter 6. Japanese Latin American Internment from an Okinawan Perspective 90
13. Chapter 7. Colonialism and Nationalism: The View from Okinawa 112
14. Chapter 8. Eissa: Identities and Dances of Okinawan Diasporic Experiences 120
15. Chapter 9. Hawai‘i Uchinanchu and Okinawa: Uchinanchu Spirit and the Formation of a Transnational Identity 130
16. Chapter 10. Agari-umaai: An Okinawan Pilgrimage 142
17. Appendix 157
18. Glossary 163
19. References 169
20. List of Contributors 191
21. Index 195