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© University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Foreword vii
  4. Preface ix
  5. Acknowledgments xv
  6. “Tinsagu nu Hana” Touch-Me-Not Flower 1
  7. Sekai no Uchinaanchu: Okinawans Around the World 3
  8. Theorizing on the Okinawan Diaspora 15
  9. Hawai‘i in the Life and Thought of Ifa Fuyu , Father of Okinawan Studies 35
  10. “The Other Japanese”: Okinawan Immigrants to the Philippines, 1903–1941 61
  11. To Okinawa and Back Again: Life Stories of Okinawan Kibei Nisei in Hawai‘i 83
  12. Japanese Latin American Internment from an Okinawan Perspective 97
  13. Population Pressure as a Euphemism: The Rhetoric to Push Okinawan Emigration 121
  14. Remembering the Battle of Okinawa: The Reversion Movement 137
  15. Irei no Hi 2005, 2006, 2007: A Photo Essay 169
  16. Women-Centered Diasporic Memories/ Dancing Melodies: Life Stories Across Post-War Okinawa, Hawai‘i, U. S. Military Bases 176
  17. Who Is Uchinaanchu? 196
  18. Hawai‘i Uchinaanchu and Okinawa: Uchinaanchu Spirit and the Formation of a Transnational Identity 198
  19. Two Worlds: The Amerasian and the Okinawan 211
  20. Linguistic Cultural Identity of Okinawans in the U. S. 231
  21. Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan Language) Community in Hawai‘i: History and Current Developments 244
  22. Agari-umaai: An Okinawan Pilgrimage 257
  23. Ijun in Hawai‘i: Charisma in a Ryukyuan New Religion Overseas 273
  24. Thought Bytes on Uchinaanchu Identity/ies 288
  25. “Nuchi du Takara”: One’s Life is a Precious Treasure 292
  26. “Tinsagu nu Hana”: The Flower of the Tinsagu Plant 293
  27. Contributors 309
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Foreword vii
  4. Preface ix
  5. Acknowledgments xv
  6. “Tinsagu nu Hana” Touch-Me-Not Flower 1
  7. Sekai no Uchinaanchu: Okinawans Around the World 3
  8. Theorizing on the Okinawan Diaspora 15
  9. Hawai‘i in the Life and Thought of Ifa Fuyu , Father of Okinawan Studies 35
  10. “The Other Japanese”: Okinawan Immigrants to the Philippines, 1903–1941 61
  11. To Okinawa and Back Again: Life Stories of Okinawan Kibei Nisei in Hawai‘i 83
  12. Japanese Latin American Internment from an Okinawan Perspective 97
  13. Population Pressure as a Euphemism: The Rhetoric to Push Okinawan Emigration 121
  14. Remembering the Battle of Okinawa: The Reversion Movement 137
  15. Irei no Hi 2005, 2006, 2007: A Photo Essay 169
  16. Women-Centered Diasporic Memories/ Dancing Melodies: Life Stories Across Post-War Okinawa, Hawai‘i, U. S. Military Bases 176
  17. Who Is Uchinaanchu? 196
  18. Hawai‘i Uchinaanchu and Okinawa: Uchinaanchu Spirit and the Formation of a Transnational Identity 198
  19. Two Worlds: The Amerasian and the Okinawan 211
  20. Linguistic Cultural Identity of Okinawans in the U. S. 231
  21. Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan Language) Community in Hawai‘i: History and Current Developments 244
  22. Agari-umaai: An Okinawan Pilgrimage 257
  23. Ijun in Hawai‘i: Charisma in a Ryukyuan New Religion Overseas 273
  24. Thought Bytes on Uchinaanchu Identity/ies 288
  25. “Nuchi du Takara”: One’s Life is a Precious Treasure 292
  26. “Tinsagu nu Hana”: The Flower of the Tinsagu Plant 293
  27. Contributors 309
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