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Children of the occupation : Japan's untold story / Walter Hamilton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamilton, Walter, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multiracial children--Japan.
- Multiracial children.
- Identity (Psychology)--Social aspects--Japan.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Military bases, American--Social aspects--Japan.
- Military bases, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- White Australia policy.
- War brides.
- Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
- Japan.
- Japan--Social life and customs--1945-.
- Australia--Relations--Japan.
- Australia.
- British Commonwealth Occupation Force.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth Publishing, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4619-0785-3
- 1-74224-592-7
- 1-74224-140-9
- OCLC:
- 797915659
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