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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807223603321

Autore

Hamilton Walter <1952->

Titolo

Children of the occupation : Japan's untold story / / Walter Hamilton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, N.S.W., : NewSouth Publishing, 2012

ISBN

1-4619-0785-3

1-74224-592-7

1-74224-140-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Disciplina

915.2

Soggetti

Multiracial children - Japan

Identity (Psychology) - Social aspects - Japan

Military bases, American - Social aspects - Japan

World War, 1939-1945

White Australia policy

War brides

Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952

Japan Social life and customs 1945-

Australia Relations Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Glossary; Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction; 1 Karumi's story; 2 Butterfly and child; 3 War of purification; 4 Mitsuyoshi's story; 5 Conquering Kure; 6 Remaking Japanese women; 7 Mayumi's story; 8 Mixed-blood mythologies; 9 The Eurasian malaise; 10 George's story; 11 Occupational hazards; 12 Enemies in miniature; 13 Kiyotaka's story; 14 Plausible deniability; 15 Our mixed-bloods; 16 Kazumi's story; 17 The Kure Project; 18 Half into whole; 19 Johnny's story; 20 Where are they now?; 21 A mixed future; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is a beautifully written, deeply moving and well-researched account of the lives of mixed-race children of occupied Japan. The author artfully blends oral histories with an historical and political analysis of international race relations and immigration policy in North



America and Australia, to highlight the little-known story of the thousands of children that resulted from the unions of Japanese women and Allied servicemen posted to Japan following WWII. It is a powerful narrative of loss, longing and reconnection, written by the ABC's long-time Tokyo correspondent, Walter Hamilton.