Okinawan Women's Stories of Migration: From War Brides to Issei

by Johanna Zulueta and Johanna O Zulueta

Book Overview

The phenomenon of "war brides" from Japan moving to the West has been quite widely discussed, but this book tells the stories of women whose lives followed a rather different path after they married foreign occupiers. During Okinawa's Occupation by the Allies from 1945 to 1972, many Okinawan women met and had relationships with non-Western men who were stationed in Okinawa as soldiers and base employees. Most of these men were from the Philippines.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367569469
• ISBN13: 9780367569464
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"