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The making and unmaking of the red-light districts in contemporary Okinawa in terms of urban anthropology and gender

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370945
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Cultural anthropology
Research InstitutionOkinawa University

Principal Investigator

Narisada Yoko  沖縄大学, 法経学部, 教授 (60637388)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
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 / 都市 / 浄化 / 労働 / 文化人類学
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.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (1 results)

All 2015

All Presentation (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Presentation] Workers and/or victims: Public clean-up campaigns of the red-light district in postcolonial Okinawa, Japan2015

    • Author(s)
      Yoko Narisada
    • Organizer
      Troubling Prostitution: Exploring intersections of sex, intimacy and labour
    • Place of Presentation
      オーストリア・ウィーン
    • Year and Date
      2015-04-16
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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