Format:
1 online resource (277 pages)
ISBN:
9781442215832
Series Statement:
Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
Content:
This original and fresh book explores Okinawa's makeover as a tourist mecca in the long historical shadow and among the physical ruins of the Pacific War's most devastating land battle. Gerald Figal considers how a place burdened by a history of semicolonialism, memories of war and occupation, economic hardship, and contentious current political affairs has reshaped itself into a resort destination. He traces cultural, political, social, and economic issues of Okinawa's postwar experience to the present through the innovative frame of tourism development-both as it has been imagined and, in some cases, realized. Creatively, accessibly, and eloquently written, this compelling work highlights a set of islands that represent key issues facing contemporary Japan.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Romanization and Abbreviations -- Prologue -- Part I Graves and Caves -- 1 Tours among the Ruins -- 2 The Touristification of Sacred Ground -- Part II Creations and Recreations -- 3 "Tropical Image Up" -- 4 Ryukyu Restoration -- Part III Bases and Beaches -- 5 Military Bases as Tourist Attraction -- 6 Beach Resort Invasion -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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pt. 1. Grave and caves -- pt. 2. Creations and recreations -- pt. 3. Bases and beaches.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442215818
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781442215818
Language:
English
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