"Crossfire Couples: Agency and Marginality in the Lives of Okinawan Women in Relationships with American Military Men."

Okinawan women in relationships with U.S. military men face discrimination from community members concerned about social problems rightly or wrongly associated with international romance. These women are subject to discrimination on both sides base fences. However, as the actions of my Okinawan fema...

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Published inAbstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology Vol. 2008; p. 108
Main Author Ames, Christopher
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2008
日本文化人類学会
Subjects
Gender
International Marriage
Military Studies
ジェンダー
国際結婚
軍事研究
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ISSN2189-7964
DOI10.14890/jasca.2008.0.108.0

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Summary:Okinawan women in relationships with U.S. military men face discrimination from community members concerned about social problems rightly or wrongly associated with international romance. These women are subject to discrimination on both sides base fences. However, as the actions of my Okinawan female informants demonstrate, they are not passive victims, but are agents resisting the politicization of their love lives.
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ISSN:2189-7964
DOI:10.14890/jasca.2008.0.108.0