2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The making and unmaking of the red-light districts in contemporary Okinawa in terms of urban anthropology and gender
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26370945
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology
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| Research Institution | Okinawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 沖縄 / ジェンダー / セクシュアリティ / 歓楽街 / 米軍基地 / 女性の人権 / 共同体 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research has aimed to examine the cultural meanings in the contexts of socio-political processes of the making and unmaking of the red-light districts established near US military bases in postwar Okinawa, Japan. By focusing on a public campaign of the red-light district which was organized by the city council, the police, and community groups in the middle part of the main island of Okinawa, it has shown the way in which its workers are depicted not only as victims and criminals but also as the others who can be removed from a community and the red-light district is positioned as a ‘revanchist community’ which is supposed to return to local residents from workers and US military forces.
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| Free Research Field |
文化人類学
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