BECOMING “JAPANESE” IN BOLIVIA: OKINAWAN-BOLIVIAN TRANS(NATIONAL)FORMATIONS IN COLONIA OKINAWAFootnote¹

1. The title is inspired by Ichirō Tomiyama’s classic work on Okinawan émigrés in Osaka and Leo Ching’s groundbreaking study of Taiwanese subjectivity under Japanese colonial rule (CitationTomiyama 1990; CitationChing 2001).

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