Josef Kreiner (ed.)
Japaneseness versus Ryūkyūanism
Papers read at the Fourth International Conference on Okinawan Studies Bonn Venue, March 2002
2006. viii+203 S. 30,00 EUR. 148 x 210 mm. ISBN 978-3-936366-19-8
JapanArchiv (ISSN: 1438-0927), Band 8
Part One: Identity
Josef KREINER Introduction: Some Thoughts on Ryūkyūan History and Historiography
Rosa CAROLI Re-Inventing Okinawa: From "Ryūkyūness" to "Japaneseness"
Alfred E. MAJEWICZ Is Ryūkyūan Endangered? Worried Impressions from the Outside
Midori OSUMI Language Endangerment: An Okinawan Case
Gregory SMITS The Politics of Culture in Early Twentieth Century Okinawa
Matt ALLEN Rallying the Village: Dialect and Identity in Kumejima
Patrick BEILLEVAIRE On the Links Between Busa (Maso) and Onari-gami: An Examination of Some Chinese Influences on Ryūkyūan Culture
Mikolay MELANOWICZ "Winds over Ryūkyū" by Chin Shunshin: Between Literature and History
Davinder L. BHOWMIK Literature as Public Memory in Contemporary Okinawan Fiction
Amanda Mayer STINCHECUM Tradition and Transformation in Yaeyama: Symbol of Island Identity
Michael LEWIS Found But Lost: Exploring the Meaning of Kurombo Gama
Part Two: Emigration
Edith KANESHIRO Historical Perspectives on Okinawan Migration Within the Pacific Realm, 1899-1945
Kozy AMEMIYA The Rhetoric of Population Pressure and Emigration: A Tool of American Occupation of Okinawa
Naokazu HASHIO Identity of Japanese Americans of Okinawan Descent Living in Hawaii


